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Manifestation of the characteristics of an object at a certain point in time.

Note 1: An object can only have one state at any point in time.

Note 2: Statements about a state can be made without any specific reference to a time.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Totality of information currently collected in the information world.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Element of a submodel describing and differentiating assets.

Note: Elements may be properties, operations, binary objects, files, and others.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Model in the administration shell which can be referenced as unit of the digital representation.

Note 1: The submodel can be differentiated technically from other submodels of the administration shell.

Note 2: Each submodel refers to a well-defined domain or subject matter. Submodels can become standardized and thus become submodels types.

Note 3: Submodels can have different life-cycles.

Note 4: The concept of template and instance applies to submodels.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Set of interrelated elements considered in a defined context as a whole and separated from its environment.

Note: A system is generally defined with the view of achieving one or more given objectives, for example by performing a definite function.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

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Services of the I4.0 component that create the added value of an object.

Note 1: The (technical) functionality is part of the administration shell.

Note 2: The (technical) functionality can be located in the functional layer or in the integration layer of the RAMI 4.0.

Note 3: The technical functionality is the sum of all skills

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Specification of the common features of a set of entities in sufficient detail to create entities by means of the template.

Note: Object can be anything that has a typee.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Conceptual unit formed by abstraction from a set of items by determining the common properties of these items.

Note: A term can be part of a terminology.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Temporal correctness that has yet to be specified in detail

Note: Response must be given to events at precisely defined times or events must be triggered at defined times, e. g. not before, not after, or within a specified time interval

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Complete specification of common attributes, operations, etc. for a set of entities to create an instance.

Note 1: A type is an immaterial definition.

Note 2: A type can be used for the definition of other types (inheritance, aggregation).

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)