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 Utility

Utility

The definition of a Utility object is: Data about services that are provided at a given facility which may be referenced as a required resource for a task.

Attribute name	Attribute description	Attribute type	Optionality
ID	This is the identifier of the Utility.	Identifier	Mandatory
Name	This is the name of the Utility.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Supplied to	This is the reference to the Facility to which the Utility is supplied.	Facility	Mandatory
Type	This is the reference to the reference to the type of the Utility.	Utility Type	Mandatory
Unit of supply	This is the unit in which the Utility is supplied. EXAMPLE Kilowatt hour, Litres	Intrinsic	Mandatory

Table 1 — Utility: attribute details

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

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

%^target = $utility.utility%

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

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

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

%^target = $utility.uos%

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

Unique constraint: Unique Utility

Each instance of the entity (Product_as_individual) within the data set shall be uniquely identified by a combination of the following parameters on this template (utility) namely: ID, ID_source_organization, Name, Name_source_organization, Type, Supplied_to.
The instance is referenced by the following template parameter: utility.

-- Utility
/representing_product_as_realized(
    id=@ID,
    id_class_name='Utility_identification_code',
    id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    id_owner=@ID_source_organization,
    id_owner_class_name='Organization_identification_code',
    id_owner_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    vn_id=''/NULL',
    vn_id_class_name='Product_as_individual_identification_code',
    vn_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    vn_id_owner=''/NULL',
    vn_id_owner_class_name='Organization_name',
    vn_id_owner_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    life_cycle_stage='Support_stage',
    life_cycle_stage_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    domain='Through_life_support_standard',
    domain_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    product_design_version=@Type)/
%^utility = $representing_product_as_realized.pai%
/identifier(
    ID=@Name,
    source_organization=@Name_source_organization,
    type='Utility_name',
    items=^utility)/
/assigning_product_property(
    property_class_name='Unit_of_supply',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    described_element=^utility)/
%^uos = $assigning_product_property.property%
/product_property_numeric(
    value=/NULL,
    unit=@Unit_of_supply,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    si_unit=@SI_unit,
    context='Representation_context',
    context_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    property=^uos)/

-- Instantiate a Product_relationship
Product_relationship

-- Set the Product_relationship attributes to be ignored
Product_relationship.description = '/IGNORE'
Product_relationship.relation_type = '/IGNORE'

-- Set the Product_relationship relationships
Product_relationship.relating_product -> ^utility
Product_relationship.related_product -> @Supplied_to

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

/utility(ID='U01', ID_source_organization='UK_Defence', Name='My utility', Name_source_organization='UK_Defence', Unit_of_supply='kilogram', SI_unit='True', Type='@100', Supplied_to='@178')/

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

Entity in path	Value	Inherited from
Product_relationship.description	'/IGNORE'	—
Product_relationship.relation_type	'/IGNORE'	—