Entity interprocess_data

• Data which is not otherwise instantiated in the data store and which flows between processes in a processing stream. A "value" may or may not be defined. Knowledge of the ref process parameter value is required in order to understand the data value.

Attribute                                 Flags   Data Type

From process_data:
   activity                               I       activity

                                          Defines the activity which created this instance.

   process_data_item                      IV      set[0 .. N] of (process_data_item)

                                          Defines where this data was used by an activity.


From technical_object:
   data_collection                        IV      set[0 .. N] of (data_collection)

                                          Indicates the data collections that include this
                                          instance of E and P data. 

   graphical_element                      IV      set[0 .. N] of (graphical_element)

                                          Specifies one or more graphical elements which
                                          are depicting this data item. 

   datum_for_ranking                      IV      set[0 .. N] of (object_ranking)

                                          Indicates that an object is being used as a basis
                                          for comparison with another object. 

   object_of_ranking                      IV      set[0 .. N] of (object_ranking)

                                          Indicates that an object is being classified in
                                          a rank order based on its characteristics. 


description                                       ndt_comment

                                          A remark about this data. 

integer_value                                     ndt_int4

                                          An integer parameter value without units. 

quantity_value                            N       ndt_any_quantity

                                          A real parameter value with units. 

real_value                                        ndt_real4

                                          A real parameter value without units. 

string_value                                      ndt_name

                                          A string parameter value. 

text_value                                        ndt_text

                                          Parameter data encoded as characters in a string.

process_parameter                         U       process_parameter

                                          Defines the role of the data in the activity which
                                          created it. 

End of entity interprocess_data

M - mandatory, U - unique, I - inherited, V - inverse, N - named type