Machine

Generalization is Agent.

Superclass hierarchy

Definition

Mechanism or computer program used to perform an act.

Examples

SAS program, photocopier

Explanatory notes

May be used as a target to identify the agent who performed an action. Used to define hardware or software that act as agents in data capture, data processing, or other related actions.


Subclasses


Properties

Name

Description

Data Type

Multi- plicity

accessLocation
from Machine

Location of the machine for the purpose of access.

AccessLocation

0..1

function
from Machine

Defined function of the machine.

ExternalControlledVocabularyEntry

0..*

machineInterface
from Machine

Specification of the machine interface. Supports the use of a controlled vocabulary.

ExternalControlledVocabularyEntry

0..*

name
from Machine

Human understandable name (liguistic signifier, word, phrase, or mnemonic) with a specified context following ISO/IEC 11179-5 naming principles

ObjectName

0..*

ownerOperatorContact
from Machine

Contact information for the owner/operator including location specification, address, URL, phone numbers, and other means of communication access. Sets of information can be repeated and date-stamped.

ContactInformation

0..1

typeOfMachine
from Machine

Type of machine defined - software, web service, physical machine. Supports the use of a controlled vocabulary.

ExternalControlledVocabularyEntry

0..1

Inherited Properties

Name

Description

Data Type

Multi- plicity

agency

Agency expressed as filed with the DDI Agency ID registry [registry.ddialliance.org] with optional additional sub-agency extensions.

:ref:``

1..1

id

ID conforming to the allowed structure of the DDI Identifier and must be unique within the Agency.

:ref:``

1..1

isPersistent

Default value is false indicating that the content of the current version may change (may be in development mode). Set to true when the content of this version will no longer change.

:ref:``

1..1

isUniversallyUnique

Default value is false. If the id of the object was created as a Universally Unique ID (UUID) set to true.

:ref:``

1..1

localId

Locally used identifier unique with a specified context, such as a variable name within a dataset.

LocalIdFormat

0..*

version

Version number of the object.

:ref:``

1..1

versionDate

Date and time the object was changed expressed in standard ISO formats.

XSDdate

0..1

versionRationale

Reason for making a new version of the object.

RationaleDefinition

0..1

versionResponsibility

Contributor who has the ownership and responsibility for the current version.

:ref:``

0..1

agentId
from Agent

Identifier of an agent within a specified system.

AgentId

0..*

image
from Agent

Information regarding image associated with the agent.

PrivateImage

0..*

purpose
from Agent

Intent or reason for describing the agent.

InternationalStructuredString

0..1

Diagram

TBD

@startuml

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class Machine [[http://plantuml.com/link]] {
  ^flightNumber : Integer [0..1] [[[http://plantuml.com/link]]]
  departureTime : Date
}
abstract class Agents::Agent
Agents::Agent <|-- Machine
abstract class AnnotatedIdentifiable
AnnotatedIdentifiable <|-- Agents::Agent
Machine "0..1" -> "0..*" Xtest : contains

@enduml

Class ‘Agent’ and neighbors