1 Definition 2 Functional Requirements 3 Syntax 4 Semantics

1      Definition

An Item generated by a Process to requests that a Service provide information on Items and Processes. Other types of Information Items  are possible and are listed in the Information Qualifier.

2      Functional Requirements

Information Request includes Item ID or Perceptible Item on which Information is requested.

Examples of the object of an Information Request are:

  1. Human-readable text.
  2. Other human-perceptible Objects.
  3. Model Rights for Use of Information Response.

Information Response includes:

  1. Human readable Text.
  2. Perceptible Item providing information on the Item.
  3. Rights for Use of Information Response.

3      Syntax

https://schemas.mpai.community/MMM4/V2.0/data/BasicInformation.json

4      Semantics

Label Size Description
Header N1 Bytes Basic Information Header
– Standard-BasicInformation 9 Bytes The characters “MMM-BIF-V”
– Version N2 Byte Major version – 1 or 2 characters
– Dot-separator 1 Byte The character “.”
– Subversion N3 Byte Minor version – 1 or 2 characters
M-InstanceID N4 Bytes Identifier of M-Instance.
BasicInformationID N5 Bytes Identifier of Basic Information .
BasicInformation[] N6 Bytes Data of Basic Information .
– BasicInformationRequest N7 Bytes Data of Request
  – ItemID N8 Bytes Item ID
  – PerceptibleEntity N9 Bytes The Item about which Interpretation is requested.
  – ModelOutRights N10 Bytes Model Rights for Use of Information Response.
– BasicInformationResponse N11 Bytes Data of Response
  – PerceptibleEntity N12 Bytes Perceptible Item about the Item.
  – Rights N13 Bytes Rights to Use of Information Response.
DescrMetadata N14 Bytes Descriptive Metadata