Data Types

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Table of Contents of Chapter 7 – Data Types

7.1    Address 7.2    Amount 7.3    Cognitive State 7.4   Coordinates 7.5    Currency

7.6    Emotion 7.7    Orientation 7.8    Personal Status 7.9    Point of View 7.10  Position

7.11  Social Attitude 7.12  Spatial Attitude 7.13  Time

Actions and Items may use several Data Types. Some Data Types may relate to a Metaverse Instance or the Universe; a U-/M- prefix may be added as needed.

7.1        Address

Purpose	The URL of a storage facility.
Data	TBD
Metadata	No Metadata.

7.2        Amount

Purpose	A number expressing a Value in a Currency.
Data	A decimal number.
Metadata	No Metadata.

7.3        Cognitive State

Purpose	The representation of a User’s Personal Status that reflects the way they understand the Environment, such as “Confused”, “Dubious”, “Convinced”.
Data	TBD
Metadata	PersonaID The ID of the Persona “the Cognitive State refers to”. CognitiveStateID The ID of the Cognitive State. DescrMetadata Any description of the Cognitive State.

7.4        Coordinates

Purpose	A set of numbers representing a Position in a Metaverse Environment using a coordinate system.
Data	TBD
Metadata	Coordinate System The ID of the coordinate system. DescrMdata Any description of the Cognitive State.

7.5        Currency

Purpose	A medium of exchange enabling Transactions in a Metaverse Environment.
Data	CurrencyID.
Metadata	No Metadata.

7.6        Emotion

Purpose	The representation of a User’s Personal Status that results from their interaction with an Environment, such as “Angry”, “Sad”, “Determined”.
Data	TBD
Metadata	PersonaID The ID of the Persona “the Emotion refers to”. EmotionID The ID of the Emotion Identified by EmotionID. DescrMdata Any description of the Emotion.

7.7        Orientation

Purpose	The set of the 3 roll, pitch, yaw angles indicating the rotation around the principal axis (x) of an Object, its y axis having an angle of 90˚ counterclockwise (right-to-left) with the x axis and its z axis (pointing up toward the viewer viewing from above).
Data	TBD
Metadata	Any descriptive Metadata.

7.8        Personal Status

Purpose	The representation of the information internal to a User characterising their behaviour.
Data	TBD
Metadata	PersonalStatusID The ID of the Personal Status Identified by PersonalStatusID. PersonaID The ID of the Persona “with PersonalStatusID”. DescrMetadata Any descriptive Metadata.

7.9        Point of View

Purpose	The Spatial Attitude of a Persona watching an Environment.
Data	As in Spatial Attitude.
Metadata	PersonaID The ID of the Persona “with PersonalStatusID”.

7.10    Position

Purpose	The Coordinates of a point in a Metaverse Environment using a Coordinate system.
Data	TBD
Metadata	CoordinateSystemID ID of the Coordinate System used to express the Position.

7.11    Social Attitude

Purpose	The representation of a User’s Personal Status representing the way User intends to position vis-à-vis other Users, e.g., “Respectful”, “Confrontational”, “Soothing”.
Data	TBD
Metadata	PersonaID The ID of the Persona “the Social Attitude refers to”. SocialAttitudeID The ID of the Social Attitude. DescrMetadata Any description of the Social Attitude.

7.12    Spatial Attitude

Purpose	The Position and Orientation of an Entity, and their velocities and accelerations.
Data	TBD
Metadata	Any descriptive Metadata.

7.13    Time

Purpose	The representation of the measure of time.
Data	TBD
Metadata	Any descriptive Metadata

 

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