For the purposes of this document, the following abbreviated terms apply:
id | identifier |
IOP | item of production |
IOS | item of supply |
OED | Oxford English Dictionary |
UML | Unified Modeling Language |
UTC | Universal Coordinated Time |
URL | uniform resource locator |
XML | Extensible Markup Language |
For the purposes of this document, the following notation applies:
p |
a property |
v |
a value |
e |
an event1) |
pv(p, v) |
a property value asserting that property p has value v |
pv(p, v, (e1, e2,...)) |
a property value asserting that property p has value v, with provenance information given by events e1, e2, etc. |
query(I, p) |
a query for current value of property p of item I |
create(orgID, personID, t) |
an event that is the creation of a property value by the organization and person at time t |
extract(orgID, personID, t) |
an event that is the extraction of a property value by the organization and person at time t |
MDM(I, (pv1, pv2,...)) |
a master data message containing property values pv1, pv2, etc. |
null |
no value given |
1) Events are used to carry provenance information.