1      Definition

A region of an M-Instance with Space-Time attributes that is not exposed as further subdivided as a Location.

2      Functional Requirements

Basic M-Location is a portion of an M-Instance space having the following characteristics:

  1. Has Space-Time attributes.
  2. May cover a limited Space and Time or be unlimited in Space, Time or Space-Time.
  3. Is composed of elementary space portions of the M-Instance space represented with a technology recorded in the Location Qualifier.
  4. The Space-Time attributes of the Basic M-Location may override the Space-Time information of the technology used to represent the Basic M-Location’s elementary space portions.
  5. It is continuous, i.e., the Basic M-Location does not include space portions completely surrounded by the Basic M-Location’s elementary space portions.
  6. May be 0th element of a hierarchy of M-Locations.
  7. If further subdivided, the Levels of the hierarchy are renumbered.
  8. May have Rights attached governing the Process Actions that a Process may perform in the M-Location.

3      Syntax

https://schemas.mpai.community/MMM4/V2.1/data/BasicMLocation.json

4      Semantics

Label Description
Header Basic M-Location Header
– Standard-BasicMLocation The characters “MMM-BML-V”
– Version Major version
– Dot-separator The character “.”
– Subversion Minor version
MInstanceID Identifier of M-Instance.
MEnvironmentID Identifier of M-Environment.
BasicMLocationID Identifier of Basic M-Location.
BasicMLocationSpaceTime Space-Time of the Basic M-Location.
BasicMLocationRights Rights attached to Basic M-Location.
BasicMLocation[] Set of Data defining Basic-M-Location.
– LocationQualifier Qualifier of Basic M-Location
DescrMetadata Descriptive Metadata.