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 Item Transportation

Item Transportation:

The definition of an Item Transportation object is: Data about the specification of the different ways in which items can be transported between supply and support nodes.

Attribute name	Attribute description	Attribute type	Optionality
Description	This is the description of the item transportation.	Intrinsic	Optional
Distance	This is the distance between the origin and destination nodes, by the mode of transport.	Measure_with_unit	Optional
Freight category	This is the category of freight which applies to the related item for the mode of transport.	Intrinsic	Optional
ID	This is the identifier of the item transportation.	Identifier	Mandatory
Instructions	This is the reference to the document containing any specific instructions related to the transport of the item of supply between the supply / support nodes using the mode of transport specified.	Relationship to Document	Mandatory
Maximum time	This is the longest time taken to transport the item between the origin and destination nodes, by the related mode of transport	Measure_with_unit	Optional
Mean time	This is the average time taken to transport the item between the origin and destination nodes, by the related mode of transport	Measure_with_unit	Optional
Minimum time	This is the shortest time taken to transport the item between the origin and destination nodes, by the related mode of transport	Measure_with_unit	Optional
Mode of transport	This is the category (mode) of transport that can be used for transporting the related item. EXAMPLE: "Road", "Air", "Sea", "Rail".	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Required packaging	This is the reference to the packaging specification that is required for the item of supply being transported between the supply/support nodes using the mode of transport specified.	Relationship to Packaging specification	Mandatory
Transport from	This is the reference to the supply or support node from which the item is transported	Relationship to Supply node or Support node	Mandatory
Transport to	This is the reference to the supply or support node to which the item is transported	Relationship to Supply node or Support node	Mandatory
Transported item	This is the reference to the item for which the transportation is define	Relationship to Item of Supply	Mandatory

Table 1 — Item Transportation attribute details

-- record
/representing_document(
    doc_id=@ID,
    doc_id_class_name='Item_transportation_identification',
    doc_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    doc_org_id=@ID_source_organization,
    doc_org_id_class_name='Organization_name_or_identification_code',
    doc_org_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    doc_vn_id=/NULL,
    doc_vn_id_class_name='Version_identification_code',
    doc_vn_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    doc_vn_org_id='/NULL',
    doc_vn_org_id_class_name='Organization_name',
    doc_vn_org_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    domain='Product_life_cycle_support',
    domain_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    life_cycle_stage='Support_stage',
    life_cycle_stage_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std')/
%^item_transportation = $representing_document.document%
%^document_definition = $representing_document.document_definition%

-- [optional Description]
/assigning_descriptor(
    descr=@Description,
    class_name='Item_transportation_description',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    is_assigned_to=^item_transportation)/

-- [ optional Distance]
/property(
    a_property_of=^document_definition,
    ID='Distance',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    value=@Distance_value,
    unit=@Distance_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit='false',
    disposition='Predicted')/

-- [ optional Freight category]
/assigning_reference_data(
    items=^item_transportation,
    class_name=@Freight_category,
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence')/

-- [ optional Maximum time]
/property(
    a_property_of=^document_definition,
    ID='Maximum_time',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    value=@Maximum_time_value,
    unit=@Maximum_time_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit='false, disposition=')/

-- [ optional Mean time]
/property(
    a_property_of=^document_definition,
    ID='Mean_time',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    value=@Mean_time_value,
    unit=@Mean_time_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit='false',
    disposition='Predicted')/

-- [ optional Minimum time]
/property(
    a_property_of=^document_definition,
    ID='Minimum_time',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    value=@Minimum_time_value,
    unit=@Minimum_time_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit='false',
    disposition='Predicted')/

-- Transport from
/assigning_document(
    doc_ass_role='Transport_from',
    doc_ar_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    is_assigned_to=@Transport_from,
    assigned_document=^item_transportation)/

-- Transport to
/assigning_document(
    doc_ass_role='Transport_to',
    doc_ar_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    is_assigned_to=@Transport_to,
    assigned_document=^item_transportation)/

-- Transported Item
/assigning_document(
    doc_ass_role='Transported_item',
    doc_ar_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    is_assigned_to=^item_transportation,
    assigned_document=@Transported_item)/

-- Mode of transport
/assigning_reference_data(
    items=^item_transportation,
    class_name=@Mode_of_transport,
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence')/

-- [optional Instructions]
/assigning_document(
    doc_ass_role='Instructions',
    doc_ar_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    is_assigned_to=@Instructions,
    assigned_document=^item_transportation)/

-- [optional Required packaging]
/assigning_document(
    doc_ass_role='Required packaging',
    doc_ar_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    is_assigned_to=@Required_packaging,
    assigned_document=^item_transportation)/

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

/item_transportation(Description='IT123 description', Distance_unit='kilometre', Distance_value='ANY_NUMBER_VALUE(200)', Freight_category='Freight_category', ID='IT123', ID_source_organization='UK_Defence', Instructions='@', Maximum_time_unit='Hour', Maximum_time_value='6', Mean_time_unit='Hour', Mean_time_value='2.5', Minimum_time_unit='Hour', Minimum_time_value='2', Mode_of_transport='Item_transportation_by_road', Required_packaging='@', Transport_from='@859', Transport_to='@865', Transported_item='@1')/

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