4.12 HasPhysicalComponent

4.12.1 Overview

This ReferenceType can be used to expose the relation between a hardware component and its subcomponent. An example for this reference is a modular IO-Station which is composed out of a device head and multiple IO-Modules or it can be used to relate a PC to a PCI board plugged inside the PC.

4.12.2 Definition

The HasPhysicalComponent is a concrete ReferenceType and can be used directly. It is a subtype of HasComponent.

The semantic of this ReferenceType is to relate a hardware component to its subcomponent, which is also a hardware component.

The SourceNode of References of this ReferenceType shall be an Object or ObjectType representing a piece of hardware.

The TargetNode of References of this ReferenceType shall be an Object representing a piece of hardware that is a component of the SourceNode.

HasPhysicalComponent is formally defined in Table 11.