What are the essential elements?

Component -

Physical diminutive action that transforms advice from one anatomy to another. For example, a Detector about transforms a concrete acreage or abnormality to a agenda number. Archetype Apparatus cover detectors, actuators, and concrete filters.

System -

Composite physically based archetypal of a accumulation or arrangement of components, which can cover detectors, actuators, or sub-systems. A System relates a Action Alternation to the absolute apple and accordingly provides added definitions apropos about positions of its apparatus and advice interfaces.

Process Archetypal -

Atomic non-physical processing block usually acclimated aural a added circuitous Action Chain. It is associated to a Action Method which defines the action interface as able-bodied as how to assassinate the model. It aswell absolutely defines its own inputs, outputs and parameters.

Process Alternation -

Composite non-physical processing block consisting of commutual sub-processes, which can in about-face be Action Models or Action Chains. A action alternation aswell includes accessible abstracts sources as able-bodied as access that absolutely hotlink ascribe and achievement signals of sub-processes together. It aswell absolutely defines its own inputs, outputs and parameters.

Process Method -

Definition of the behavior and interface of a Action Model. It can be stored in a library so that it can be reused by altered Action Archetypal instances (by application 'xlink' mechanism). It about describes the action interface and algorithm, and can point the user to absolute implementations.

Detector -

Atomic basic of a blended Measurement System defining sampling and acknowledgment appropriate of a simple apprehension device. A detector has alone one ascribe and one output, both getting scalar quantities. Added circuitous Sensors such as a anatomy camera which are composed of assorted detectors can be declared as a detector accumulation or arrangement application a System or Sensor. In SensorML a detector is a accurate blazon of Action Model.

Sensor -

Specific blazon of System apery a complete Sensor. This could be for archetype a complete aerial scanner which includes several Detectors (one for anniversary band).