NOTE The template has been defined in the context of UK_Defence. Refer to the business context for details of related templates.

NOTE An explanation of a template and the associated instantiation path is provided in the Template overview section.

Figure 1 — Graphical Representation for Business Object Environmental Characteristic

Environmental Characteristic:

The definition of a Environmental Characteristic object is: Data about the ambient environmental characteristics of a location.

Attribute name	Attribute description	Attribute type	Optionality
Description	This is the description of the environment. This allows for miscellaneous characteristics (such as sand/dust, terrain, vegetation) to be defined..	Intrinsic	Optional
ID	This is the Identifier of the environment..	Identifier	Mandatory
Max Humidity	This is the maximum humidity at the related location.	Intrinsic	Optional
Max Temperature	This is the maximum temperature at the related location.	Intrinsic	Optional
Max Wind Speed	This is the maximum wind speed at the related location.	Intrinsic	Optional
Min Humidity	This is the minimum humidity at the related location.	Intrinsic	Optional
Min Temperature	This is the minimum temperature at the related location.	Intrinsic	Optional
Min Wind Speed	This is the minimum wind speed at the related location.	Intrinsic	Optional
Name	This is the name of the environment. This could be used to depict different environmental conditions at different times of year. EXAMPLE: Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter Environment.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Located at	This is the reference to location for which the environment is defined.	Relationship to Location	Mandatory

Table 1 — Environmental Characteristic attribute details

/assigning_assessed_state(
    state_class_name="environmental_characteristic",
    state_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    assigned_to=@related_location)/
%^env_char = $assigning_assessed_state.state_obs%

-- instantiate the environmental_characteristic's identification
/identifier(
    ID=@ID,
    source_organization=@source_organization,
    type='Environmental_characteristic_ID',
    items=^env_char)/

-- instantiate the environmental_characteristic's name
/identifier(
    ID=@name,
    source_organization=@source_organization,
    type='Environmental_characteristic_name',
    items=^env_char)/

-- [optional Max Humidity]
/property(
    ID='Max Humidity',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    value=@max_humidity,
    unit=@max_humidity_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit='.false.',
    disposition='Predicted',
    a_property_of=^env_char)/

-- [optional Max Temperature]
/property(
    ID='Max Temperature',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    value=@max_temperature,
    unit=@max_temperature_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit='.false.',
    disposition='Predicted',
    a_property_of=^env_char)/

-- [optional Max Wind Speed]
/property(
    ID='Max Wind Speed',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    value=@max_wind_speed,
    unit=@max_wind_speed_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit='.false.',
    disposition='Predicted',
    a_property_of=^env_char)/

-- [optional Min Humidity]
/property(
    ID='Min Humidity',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    value=@min_humidity,
    unit=@min_humidity_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit='.false.',
    disposition='Predicted',
    a_property_of=^env_char)/

-- [optional Min Temperature]
/property(
    ID='Min Temperature',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    value=@min_temperature,
    unit=@min_temperature_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit='.false.',
    disposition='Predicted',
    a_property_of=^env_char)/

-- [optional Min Wind Speed]
/property(
    ID='Min Wind Speed',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    value=@min_wind_speed,
    unit=@min_wind_speed_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit='.false.',
    disposition='Predicted',
    a_property_of=^env_char)/

-- [optional description]
/assigning_descriptor(
    descr=@description,
    class_name='Description',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    is_assigned_to=^env_char)/

The instance diagram in Figure 4 shows an example of the EXPRESS entities and templates that are instantiated by the template:

/environmental_characteristic(ID='EC1213', source_organization='UK_Defence', name='EC1213_name', description='costal forrested area', max_humidity='ANY_NUMBER_VALUE(60)', max_humidity_unit='Percentage', max_temperature='ANY_NUMBER_VALUE(105)', max_temperature_unit='degree_celcius', max_wind_speed='ANY_NUMBER_VALUE(90)', max_wind_speed_unit='Miles per hour', min_humidity='ANY_NUMBER_VALUE(10)', min_humidity_unit='Percentage', min_temperature='ANY_NUMBER_VALUE(-10)', min_temperature_unit='degree_celcius', min_wind_speed='ANY_NUMBER_VALUE(0)', min_wind_speed_unit='Miles per hour', description='costal forrested area')/

(an illustration of the consolidated environmental_characteristic template is shown in Figure 5 below.)

The instance diagram in Figure 5 shows the graphic symbol for the template that is to be used in other instance diagrams. The example template is: