Name

Value

Description

Template

0

Hardware or software element which specifies the common attributes shared by all instances of the type

[SOURCE: IEC TR 62390:2005-01, 3.1.25]

Instance

1

Concrete, clearly identifiable component of a certain template.

Note: It becomes an individual entity of a template, for example a device model, by defining specific property values.

Note: In an object oriented view, an instance denotes an object of a template (class).

[SOURCE: IEC 62890:2016, 3.1.16 65/617/CDV] modified