1. Definition
A Data Type associating a string (Identifier) with an element of a set of entities – Speech, Objects, Visual Objects, User IDs etc. – belonging to some levels in a hierarchical classification (taxonomy).
2. Functional Requirements
Instance Identifier includes:
- ID of Virtual Space (M-Instance)
- Instance Label
- Confidence level of the association between Instance Label and Instance.
- Taxonomy
- Confidence level of the association between Taxonomy and the Instance.
3. Syntax
https://schemas.mpai.community/OSD/V1.1/data/InstanceIdentifier.json
4. Semantics
| Label | Size | Description |
| Header | N1 Bytes | Instance Identifier Header |
| – Standard-InstanceIdentifier | 9 Bytes | The characters “OSD-IID-V” |
| – Version | N2 Bytes | Major version – 1 or 2 characters |
| – Dot-separator | 1 Byte | The character “.” |
| – Subversion | N3 Bytes | Minor version – 1 or 2 characters |
| MInstanceID | N4 Bytes | Identifier of M-Instance |
| InstanceID | N5 Bytes | Identifier of Instance. |
| InstanceSpaceTime | N6 Bytes | Data about Space-Time |
| InstanceIdentifierData |
N7 Bytes | Data set of Instance Identifier. |
| InstanceLabel | N8 Bytes | Instance identified by Instance Identifier. |
| LabelConfidenceLevel | N9 Bytes | Confidence of Instance Label and Instance association. |
| TaxonomyLabel | N10 Bytes | Taxonomy Instance Identifier belongs to. |
| TaxonomyConfidenceLevel | N11 Bytes | Confidence of Taxonomy Label . |
| TaxonomyDataLength | N12 Bytes | Number of Bytes |
| TaxonomyDataURI | N13 Bytes | URI of Taxonomy. |
| DescrMetadata | N14 Bytes | Descriptive Metadata |