Common Definitions
Entity
- Entity
- A digital representation of a physical item. In this context, an entity can be a device or a space.
This dispenser is the entity providing the information
Device
- Device
- A piece of equipment with IoT capabilities with the purpose of executing or providing a task.
Clean Inc. has installed an IoT module on all its devices so customers can track their assets
- Device Type
- The purpose the device is built for
The type of our device is a cleaning machine
- Device ID
- A series of characters that uniquely identify a device across the digital world
The device ID of this forklift is FORKINC_S1_1223
Facility
- Facility
- A geographically delimited place that is built or established to serve a particular purpose
Our headquarter has many facilities including offices, manufacturing plants, and warehouses
- Space
- A geometric delimitation within a facility that logically identifies a part of the facility
The bathroom on the second floor identifies the space where our device is located
- Space Type
- The logical purpose of a space
A floor is a type of space in a building
- Space ID
- A series of characters that uniquely identifies a space across the digital world
The space ID of the Men’s bathroom on the third floor is eea97c83-26a1-4d5c-b917-5258b973423b
Actors
- Information provider
- An entity that exposes digital data through the FDS specifications
Clean Inc. is the information provider for all IoT connected devices in the bathroom
- Information consumer
- An entity that consumes digital data through the FDS specifications
The building contractor knows which faucets are leaking in the hotel by consuming the information provided by Faucet LLC.
- Manufacturer
- The company that originally designed, manufactured, and sold the device. Most often a manufacturer is an information provider.
Disp LLC is the manufacturer of the D10 soap dispenser
- Digital Twin Producer
- The software company that provides the digital representation of a physical environment. Most often it also manages the location of devices in this environment.
Map Inc. who scanned our building is the digital twin producer who mapped the floor plan of the facility
- Device Location Manager
- The software company that manages where devices are located in the digital representation of the physical environment. Most often the Digital Twin Producer is also the Device Location Manager.
Map Inc. is also the device location manager that provides where our soap dispensers are located in the building
- Resource Owner
- The entity that entered in a business relationship with the information provider to gain access to the device data exposed by the information provider
When Warehouse, Inc. bought the forklift from Fork, Warehouse, Inc. became the resource owner of the machine
- Resource Manager
- The persons and/or entities that manage the resource on behalf of the resource owner
Both the BSC and facility manager are the resource managers of all dispensers installed in this building
- Client application
- A software application that consumes information on behalf of a resource owner
This cleaning company uses Manage SaaS as the client application to manage its fleet of all cleaning machines