0009210: Extend FunctionalGroups to specific Objects

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0009210	10000-100: Devices	Spec	public	2023-10-17 12:15	2023-10-31 08:23

Reporter	Wolfgang Mahnke	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	new	Resolution	open

Summary	0009210: Extend FunctionalGroups to specific Objects
Description	At the moment, Functional Groups are used to group Parameters represented as Variables and Methods. However, specifications like PA-DIM and derived from that Machinery Process Values use Objects to represent Parameters (having Methods, etc.) It would be desirable to have those in Functional Groups as well. The spec does not forbid adding additional Objects (not functional groups) under functional groups, but that is not in the spirit of the spec and most likely ignored by DI-aware clients. It would be nice to have a mechanism to mark specific Objects as functional groups without the need to subtyping from FunctionalGroupType, as this is for example not possible anymore in PA-DIM. A possible solution is to define an empty interface IFunctionalGroupType and let all Objects implementing that interface be handled like a functional group.
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Matthias Damm 2023-10-31 07:30 administrator ~0020253	Maybe a special reference type is easier to implement and can be used similar to an Organizes reference but between objects spanning a functional group hirarchy

Karl Deiretsbacher 2023-10-31 08:23 administrator ~0020254	Just as a note: The fact that "it is most likely ignored by DI-aware clients" is true for all proposals.

Date Modified	Username	Field
2023-10-17 12:15	Wolfgang Mahnke	New Issue
2023-10-31 07:30	Matthias Damm	Note Added: 0020253
2023-10-31 08:23	Karl Deiretsbacher	Note Added: 0020254