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 Observation

Observation:

The definition of an Observation object is: Data about the monitoring of activities or products.

Attribute name	Attribute description	Attribute type	Optionality
Description	This is the description of the Observation..	Intrinsic	Mandatory
ID	This is the Identifier of the Observation.	Identifier	Mandatory
Subject	This is the reference to the object that is the subject of the observation.	SELECT	Mandatory
Where_made	This is the reference to the location at which the observation is made.	Location	Optional
Observer	This is the reference to the person who makes the observation.	Person	Mandatory
Made on	This is the date and time at which the observation was made.	Intrinsic	Mandatory

Table 1 — Observation attribute details

Allow the Observation entity instantiated in this path to be referenced when this template is used.

Note: The Observation entity can be referenced in a template path by:

%^target = $observation.observation%

where target is the parameter to which the Observation is bound.

Allow the Activity_actual entity instantiated in this path to be referenced when this template is used.

Note: The Activity_actual entity can be referenced in a template path by:

%^target = $observation.observation_activity%

where target is the parameter to which the Activity_actual is bound.

Allow the Observation_item_selected entity instantiated in this path to be referenced when this template is used.

Note: The Observation_item_selected entity can be referenced in a template path by:

%^target = $observation.observation_item%

where target is the parameter to which the Observation_item_selected is bound.

/assigning_observation(
    id=@ID,
    id_class_name='Observation_identification_code',
    id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    org_id=@ID_source_organization,
    org_id_class_name='Organization_identification_code',
    org_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    descr=@Description,
    dsc_class_name='Observation_description',
    dsc_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    date_class_name='Date_actual_observation',
    date_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    year=@Made_on_year,
    month=@Made_on_month,
    day=@Made_on_day,
    hour=@Made_on_hour,
    minute=@Made_on_minute,
    second=@Made_on_second,
    sense='exact',
    hour_offset=0,
    minute_offset=0,
    applies_to=@Subject )/
%^observation = $assigning_observation.observation%
%^observation_item = $assigning_observation.observation_item%

-- Create relationship to observing person
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.items -> ^observation
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.assigned_entity -> @Observer
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'

-- Create notional observation activity so that a location may be assigned
Activity_actual
Activity_actual.id = '/IGNORE'
Activity_actual.name = '/IGNORE'
Activity_actual.description = '/IGNORE'
Activity_method
Activity_method.name = '/IGNORE'
Activity_method.description = '/IGNORE'
Activity_method.consequence = '/IGNORE'
Activity_method.purpose = '/IGNORE'
%^observation_activity = Activity_actual%

-- Create relationship to location of observation
Location_assignment
Location_assignment.entity_for_location -> ^observation_activity
Location_assignment.location_for_assignment -> @Where_made
Location_assignment.description = '/IGNORE'
Location_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'

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

/observation(ID='OB01', ID_source_organization='UK_Defence', Description='Observation of activity', Made_on_year='2008', Made_on_month='2', Made_on_day='22', Made_on_hour='14', Made_on_minute='0', Made_on_second='0', Subject='@49')/

(an illustration of the consolidated observation 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:

Entity in path	Value	Inherited from
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.role	'/IGNORE'	—
Activity_actual.id	'/IGNORE'	Activity.id
Activity_actual.name	'/IGNORE'	Activity.name
Activity_actual.description	'/IGNORE'	Activity.description
Activity_method.name	'/IGNORE'	—
Activity_method.description	'/IGNORE'	—
Activity_method.consequence	'/IGNORE'	—
Activity_method.purpose	'/IGNORE'	—
Location_assignment.description	'/IGNORE'	—
Location_assignment.role	'/IGNORE'	—