Interface IConceptDescription

The semantics of a property or other elements that may have a semantic description is defined by a concept description.

Inherited Members

IIdentifiable.Administration

IIdentifiable.Id

IReferable.Category

IReferable.IdShort

IReferable.DisplayName

IReferable.Description

IReferable.Checksum

IReferable.OverDisplayNameOrEmpty()

IReferable.OverDescriptionOrEmpty()

IHasExtensions.Extensions

IHasExtensions.OverExtensionsOrEmpty()

IHasDataSpecification.EmbeddedDataSpecifications

IHasDataSpecification.OverEmbeddedDataSpecificationsOrEmpty()

IClass.DescendOnce()

IClass.Descend()

IClass.Accept(Visitation.IVisitor)

IClass.Accept<TContext>(Visitation.IVisitorWithContext<TContext>, TContext)

IClass.Transform<T>(Visitation.ITransformer<T>)

IClass.Transform<TContext, T>(Visitation.ITransformerWithContext<TContext, T>, TContext)

Namespace: AasCore.Aas3_0_RC02

Assembly: AasCore.Aas3_0_RC02.dll

Syntax

public interface IConceptDescription : IIdentifiable, IReferable, IHasExtensions, IHasDataSpecification, IClass

Remarks

The description of the concept should follow a standardized schema (realized as data specification template).

Constraints:

• Constraint AASd-051: A ConceptDescription shall have one of the following categories VALUE, PROPERTY, REFERENCE, DOCUMENT, CAPABILITY, RELATIONSHIP, COLLECTION, FUNCTION, EVENT, ENTITY, APPLICATION_CLASS, QUALIFIER, VIEW.

  Default: PROPERTY.

• Constraint AASc-004: For a ConceptDescription with Category PROPERTY or VALUE using data specification IEC61360, the DataType is mandatory and shall be one of: DATE, STRING, STRING_TRANSLATABLE, INTEGER_MEASURE, INTEGER_COUNT, INTEGER_CURRENCY, REAL_MEASURE, REAL_COUNT, REAL_CURRENCY, BOOLEAN, RATIONAL, RATIONAL_MEASURE, TIME, TIMESTAMP.
• Constraint AASc-005: For a ConceptDescription with Category REFERENCE using data specification IEC61360, the DataType is mandatory and shall be one of: STRING, IRI, IRDI.
• Constraint AASc-006: For a ConceptDescription with Category DOCUMENT using data specification IEC61360, the DataType is mandatory and shall be defined.
• Constraint AASc-007: For a ConceptDescription with Category QUALIFIER_TYPE using data specification IEC61360, the DataType is mandatory and shall be
• Constraint AASc-008: For all ConceptDescription's with a category except Category VALUE using data specification IEC61360, Definition is mandatory and shall be defined at least in English.
• Constraint AASc-003: For a ConceptDescription with Category VALUE using data specification IEC61360, the Value shall be set.

Properties

IsCaseOf

Reference to an external definition the concept is compatible to or was derived from.

Declaration

List<IReference> IsCaseOf { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<IReference>

Remarks

It is recommended to use a global reference.

Compare to is-case-of relationship in ISO 13584-32 & IEC EN 61360"

Methods

CategoryOrDefault()

Declaration

string CategoryOrDefault()

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

OverIsCaseOfOrEmpty()

Iterate over IsCaseOf, if set, and otherwise return an empty enumerable.

Declaration

IEnumerable<IReference> OverIsCaseOfOrEmpty()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<IReference>