Schema XdefML-3.0.0.xsd


element XdefML

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
properties	content  complex
children	InstrumentIdentification InstrumentSpecifications InstrumentConfiguration
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation Version xs:string required      3.0.0   documentation Indicates the version of the XdefML document FileVersion derived by: xs:string optional   1.0.0      documentation Indicates the current version of the XdefML document.  This would typically be incremented every time the XdefML file is modified
annotation	documentation This is the root node for all XdefML 3.0 documents

attribute XdefML/@Version

type	xs:string
properties	isRef  0 fixed  3.0.0 use  required
annotation	documentation Indicates the version of the XdefML document

attribute XdefML/@FileVersion

type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 default  1.0.0 use  optional
facets	pattern  [0-9](\.[0-9]){1,2}
annotation	documentation Indicates the current version of the XdefML document.  This would typically be incremented every time the XdefML file is modified

element XdefML/InstrumentIdentification

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	ManufacturerName PartReference ModelReference ManufacturerID SerialNumber
annotation	documentation Contains all information required to identify the instrument

element XdefML/InstrumentIdentification/ManufacturerName

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 content  simple
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation The name of the manufacture/vendor of the instrument

element XdefML/InstrumentIdentification/PartReference

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 content  simple
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation The part reference the identifies the instrument

element XdefML/InstrumentIdentification/ModelReference

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  simple
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation The base name of the instrument i.e. the broader category to which an instrument may belong

element XdefML/InstrumentIdentification/ManufacturerID

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  simple
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation Allows for optional vendor specific identification of the instrument

element XdefML/InstrumentIdentification/SerialNumber

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation ExampleValue xs:string required         documentation A sample serial number
annotation	documentation Indicates the format of the serial number that the instrument may have

attribute XdefML/InstrumentIdentification/SerialNumber/@ExampleValue

type	xs:string
properties	isRef  0 use  required
annotation	documentation A sample serial number

element XdefML/InstrumentSpecifications

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	SlotsOccupied Standalone MechanicalClass FunctionalClasses DataSheetURL AssociatedIcon Descriptions
annotation	documentation Contains information on the physical and logical characteristics of the instrument as well as some additional information

element XdefML/InstrumentSpecifications/SlotsOccupied

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	xs:unsignedInt
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  simple default  1
annotation	documentation Indicated the number of slots occupied by this instrument when place in a parent instrument/chassis

element XdefML/InstrumentSpecifications/Standalone

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  simple default  No
facets	enumeration  Yes enumeration  No
annotation	documentation Indicates that the instrument may operate on it own e.g. A DAU or a PC instrument.

element XdefML/InstrumentSpecifications/MechanicalClass

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
properties	isRef  0
annotation	documentation Specifies the mechanical classes the instrument belongs to.  This is a vendor defined string which would appear in the XdefML file of a compatible parent instrument

element XdefML/InstrumentSpecifications/FunctionalClasses

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	FunctionalClass
annotation	documentation Contains a list of functional classes

element XdefML/InstrumentSpecifications/FunctionalClasses/FunctionalClass

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 content  simple
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation Specifies the functional class that the instrument belongs to e.g. Analog, Digital, BusMonitor, Ethernet etc.

element XdefML/InstrumentSpecifications/DataSheetURL

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  simple
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation Specifies the path to the datasheet associated with this instrument

element XdefML/InstrumentSpecifications/AssociatedIcon

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	xs:string
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  simple
annotation	documentation Specifies the location of an icon that should be used for this instrument when it is to be represented in some GUI.  This would typically be a location relative to where software is installed

element XdefML/InstrumentConfiguration

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	xidml:Instrument
annotation	documentation Contains all configuration options for the instrument

element xidml:BaseUnit

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
used by	elements  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation This is the base unit for the parameter.  All scaling is relative to this value

element xidml:Channel

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	content  complex
children	Channel.VendorName SupportedPackages xidml:Parameters xidml:Specifications xidml:Processes Settings Descriptions Link
used by	element  xidml:Channels
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation Number    1      documentation Defines the number of times an element may occur Type required         documentation Indicates the channel type i.e. Analog, Digital, Ethernet etc. Direction derived by: xs:string          documentation Indicates the direction of the data on the channel.  If not specified Bidirectional is assumed
annotation	documentation Specifies the constraints on a channel

attribute xidml:Channel/@Direction

type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0
facets	enumeration  Input enumeration  Output enumeration  Bidirectional
annotation	documentation Indicates the direction of the data on the channel.  If not specified Bidirectional is assumed

element xidml:Channel/Settings

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Descriptions xidml:Setting Settings
used by	elements  xidml:Processes/Process xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties xidml:Instrument xidml:Settings
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation GroupName optional         documentation Used to identify a group of settings
annotation	documentation Contains a list of settings for the instrument

element xidml:Channel/Link

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Packages
annotation	documentation Represents the physical connection between two instruments

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	Generic
annotation	documentation Contains supported package definition for this Link/Channel

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	Generic.Name PlaceParametersContiguously Type SubType Properties Content
annotation	documentation A generic package definition

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/PlaceParametersContiguously

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	xs:boolean
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  simple default  false
annotation	documentation Specify if parameters placed in a package are placed contiguously or spaced evenly in the package.

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Type

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 content  simple
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation Specify the type of the package .  Examples include, MIL-STD-1553, ARINC-429 and so on.

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/SubType

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	xs:string
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  simple
annotation	documentation This element can be used to further classify the package type.  An example would be MIL-STD-1553-RT-RT.

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	TotalPackageSize DefaultWordSize DefaultParity DefaultJustification DefaultNumberOfDataBits DefaultMostSignificantBit DefaultMask DefaultComplement xidml:Settings
annotation	documentation Contains settings describling the package header

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties/DefaultWordSize

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation The default number of bits in a word

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties/DefaultParity

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation The default parity of a word

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties/DefaultJustification

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation This element is used to specify the default for which part of a data word parameter data is transmitted (i.e. the left or right part).

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties/DefaultNumberOfDataBits

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation The default number of bits transmitted for a parameter.  NOTE: If the PackageUnits is "Words" then the data bits will start at the word boundary.

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties/DefaultMostSignificantBit

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation This element determines which bit is transmitted first by default for each word of every subframe.

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties/DefaultMask

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation This element is used to determine default bits that are sent or used in a parameter.

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties/DefaultComplement

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation This optional element can be used to complement the bits of the parameter.  the allowed values are 'Yes' and 'No'

element xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Content

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
used by	elements  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation PayloadUnits required         documentation Specifies the supported units for payload description
annotation	documentation This element describes the payload of an generic package. NOTE: in some cases it is not possible to determine the exact layout of payload data in a pacakge and the content section can be excluded.  In these cases the structure nd layout of the content section can be determined from the type and sub-type of the package

element xidml:ChannelGroup

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	content  complex
children	xidml:Parameters xidml:Specifications Settings Descriptions ChannelGroup.Name xidml:Channels xidml:Processes
used by	element  xidml:Channels
annotation	documentation Used to specify common settings, specifications, and parameter across a group of channels

element xidml:ChannelGroup/Settings

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Descriptions xidml:Setting Settings
used by	elements  xidml:Processes/Process xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties xidml:Instrument xidml:Settings
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation GroupName optional         documentation Used to identify a group of settings

element xidml:Channels

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	content  complex
children	xidml:Channel xidml:ChannelGroup
used by	elements  xidml:ChannelGroup xidml:Instrument
annotation	documentation Contains a list of channel defiinitions on the module

element xidml:Content

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	content  complex
children	Mapping
used by	elements  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter

element xidml:Content/Mapping

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  1 maxOcc  unbounded content  complex
children	Parameter Location

element xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	Parameter.Name Parameter.VendorName Descriptions xidml:Unit xidml:BaseUnit xidml:Scale xidml:Offset xidml:DataFormat xidml:RangeMaximum xidml:RangeMinimum xidml:SizeInBits xidml:Enumerations xidml:Content
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation Number    1      documentation Defines the number of times an element may occur Debug    true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published
annotation	documentation Specifies a sub-parameter definition

element xidml:Content/Mapping/Location

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	Offset_Bits

element xidml:Content/Mapping/Location/Offset_Bits

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0

element xidml:DataFormat

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
used by	elements  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation This element is used to describe the applied offset with respect to the base unit.  for example, to convert the DegreesCentigrade base unit to Fahrenheit then the offset would be 32 and the scaling 1.80.

element xidml:Enumerations

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	content  complex
children	Enumeration
used by	element  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter
annotation	documentation Contains a list of enumeration definitions

element xidml:Enumerations/Enumeration

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	Descriptions
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation BinaryValue derived by: xs:string required         documentation The binary value which is to be described
annotation	documentation Indicates the meaning of a specific binary value

attribute xidml:Enumerations/Enumeration/@BinaryValue

type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 use  required
facets	pattern  [01]+|Other
annotation	documentation The binary value which is to be described

element xidml:Instrument

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	content  complex
children	Instrument.Name Instruments xidml:Parameters xidml:Settings xidml:Specifications xidml:Channels xidml:Processes
used by	element  XdefML/InstrumentConfiguration
annotation	documentation Represents the XidML instrument root, under which all of configuration options for the instrument are defined

element xidml:Instrument/Instruments

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Location
annotation	documentation Contains information on the type of instruments, if any, that may be placed inside this instrument

element xidml:Instrument/Instruments/Location

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	MechanicalClassesSupported Location.Name Descriptions
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation Number    1      documentation Defines the number of times an element may occur
annotation	documentation This element can be used to define locations on an instrument

element xidml:Offset

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
used by	elements  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation This element is used to describe the applied offset with respect to the base unit.  for example, to convert the DegreesCentigrade base unit to Fahrenheit then the offset would be 32 and the scaling 1.80.

element xidml:Parameters

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	xidml:ParametersType
properties	content  complex
children	Parameter
used by	elements  xidml:Processes/Process xidml:Channel xidml:ChannelGroup xidml:Instrument
annotation	documentation Contains a collection of parameter definitions

element xidml:Processes

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	content  complex
children	Process
used by	elements  xidml:Channel xidml:ChannelGroup xidml:Instrument
annotation	documentation Contains a collection of parsers definitions on this channel

element xidml:Processes/Process

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	Process.VendorName xidml:Parameters xidml:Settings Descriptions
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation Number    1      documentation Defines the number of times an element may occur
annotation	documentation Defines the number of parsers of this type on the instrument and the parameters that maybe read from the parser

element xidml:RangeMaximum

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
used by	elements  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation The maximum value range for the parameter.

element xidml:RangeMinimum

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
used by	elements  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation The mimimum value range for the parameter.

element xidml:Scale

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
used by	elements  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation This element is used to set the scaling with respect to the BaseUnit.  For example, if teh base unit is "Volts" and  the desired unit is millivolts then the scaling would be 1e-3.

element xidml:Setting

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	extension of xidml:SettingType
properties	content  complex
children	Name Value Descriptions
used by	group  xidml:SettingsGroup
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation xdef:Propagated xs:boolean optional   true      documentation Indicated that the value of the element may effect the value of other elements specified in this XdefML file or other values in some related XdefML file xdef:PropagateName derived by: xs:string optional         documentation Gives the element to be propagated a unique name. LinkWide    true      documentation Indentifies a setting on a channel that when connected to a channel on another instrument, via a Link, where this other instrument has a setting with the same name, the values of these settings must be equal.
annotation	documentation A name/value pair type setting

element xidml:Settings

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	content  complex
children	Descriptions xidml:Settings Setting
used by	elements  xidml:Processes/Process xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties xidml:Instrument xidml:Settings
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation GroupName optional         documentation Used to identify a group of settings
annotation	documentation Contains a list of settings for the instrument

element xidml:Settings/Setting

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	xidml:SettingType
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	Name Value Descriptions
used by	group  xidml:SettingsGroup
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation xdef:Propagated xs:boolean optional   true      documentation Indicated that the value of the element may effect the value of other elements specified in this XdefML file or other values in some related XdefML file xdef:PropagateName derived by: xs:string optional         documentation Gives the element to be propagated a unique name.
identity constraints	Name   Refer   Selector   Field(s)   unique   UniqueSettingName      Name   .

element xidml:SizeInBits

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
used by	elements  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation The number of bits that represents the parameter value.

element xidml:Specifications

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	content  complex
children	Specification
used by	elements  xidml:Channel xidml:ChannelGroup xidml:Instrument
annotation	documentation Contains a list of specifications for the instrument.

element xidml:Specifications/Specification

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	Name Value Descriptions
annotation	documentation This element contains a specification

element xidml:Specifications/Specification/Name

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 content  simple
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation The name of the specification

element xidml:Specifications/Specification/Value

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 content  simple
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation The value for the specification

element xidml:Unit

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	ElementConstraintType
properties	content  complex
children	Descriptions Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
used by	elements  xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation This element can optionally be used to label a user defined unit i.e. where a scale and offset have been used to convert the base unit to some other unit of measurement

group xidml:SettingsGroup

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
children	Descriptions xidml:Setting Settings
used by	elements  xidml:Channel/Settings xidml:ChannelGroup/Settings xidml:SettingsGroup/Settings

element xidml:SettingsGroup/Settings

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  0 maxOcc  1 content  complex
children	Descriptions xidml:Setting Settings
used by	elements  xidml:Processes/Process xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Properties xidml:Instrument xidml:Settings
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation GroupName optional         documentation Used to identify a group of settings
annotation	documentation Contains a list of settings for the instrument

complexType xidml:ParametersType

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
children	Parameter
used by	element  xidml:Parameters

element xidml:ParametersType/Parameter

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	Parameter.Name Parameter.VendorName Descriptions xidml:Unit xidml:BaseUnit xidml:Scale xidml:Offset xidml:DataFormat xidml:RangeMaximum xidml:RangeMinimum xidml:SizeInBits xidml:Content
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation Number    1      documentation Defines the number of times an element may occur Debug    true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published Orientation derived by: xs:string    Read      documentation Indicates whether the parameter is written to or read from.  If not specified, read is assumed
annotation	documentation Specifies a parameter definition

attribute xidml:ParametersType/Parameter/@Orientation

type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 default  Read
facets	enumeration  Read enumeration  Write
annotation	documentation Indicates whether the parameter is written to or read from.  If not specified, read is assumed

complexType xidml:SettingType

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
children	Name Value Descriptions
used by	elements  xidml:Settings/Setting xidml:Setting
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation xdef:Propagated xs:boolean optional   true      documentation Indicated that the value of the element may effect the value of other elements specified in this XdefML file or other values in some related XdefML file xdef:PropagateName derived by: xs:string optional         documentation Gives the element to be propagated a unique name.

element xidml:SettingType/Name

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 content  simple
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation Name of the setting

element xidml:SettingType/Value

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xidml
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
children	Derived Fixed Selections Range Reference VariableString
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation DataType required         documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types. DefaultValue required         documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute Debug optional   true      documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity Publishable    true      documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published xdef:GroupSize derived by: xs:unsignedInt optional   1      documentation Specifies the number of instances that must be equal
annotation	documentation The value of the setting

attribute DataType

namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
used by	attributeGroup  CommonConstraints
facets	enumeration  String enumeration  Binary enumeration  HexBinary enumeration  Integer enumeration  Float enumeration  Boolean enumeration  IPAddress enumeration  MacAddress enumeration  Url enumeration  BinaryMask
annotation	documentation Specifies an enumeration of supported data types.

attribute Debug

namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	xs:boolean
properties	default  true
used by	attributeGroups  CommonConstraints CommonParameterConstraints
annotation	documentation Indicates whether or not the element should only be used in a debug capacity

attribute DefaultValue

namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
used by	attributeGroup  CommonConstraints
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation Specifies a default value for an element or attribute

attribute GroupName

namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
used by	elements  xidml:Channel/Settings xidml:ChannelGroup/Settings xidml:SettingsGroup/Settings xidml:Settings
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation Used to identify a group of settings

attribute LinkWide

namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	xs:boolean
properties	default  true
used by	element  xidml:Setting
annotation	documentation Indentifies a setting on a channel that when connected to a channel on another instrument, via a Link, where this other instrument has a setting with the same name, the values of these settings must be equal.

attribute Name

namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation Used to uniquely identify an element

attribute Number

namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	xs:unsignedInt
properties	default  1
used by	elements  xidml:Instrument/Instruments/Location xidml:Processes/Process xidml:Channel attributeGroup  CommonParameterConstraints
annotation	documentation Defines the number of times an element may occur

attribute PayloadUnits

namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
used by	element  xidml:Channel/Link/Packages/Generic/Content
facets	enumeration  Bits enumeration  Bytes enumeration  Words enumeration  BitsOrWords enumeration  BitsOrBytes enumeration  BytesOrWords enumeration  BitsOrBytesOrWords enumeration  Address enumeration  MicroSeconds enumeration  Identifier
annotation	documentation Specifies the supported units for payload description

attribute Publishable

namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	xs:boolean
properties	default  true
used by	attributeGroups  CommonConstraints CommonParameterConstraints
annotation	documentation As XdefML contains all the configuration information for an instrument, it maybe used to generate datasheets for FTI product.  This attribute lets vendor indicate whether or not some information should be published

attribute Type

namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	restriction of xs:string
used by	element  xidml:Channel
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation Indicates the channel type i.e. Analog, Digital, Ethernet etc.

element AttributeInformation

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	AttributeInformationBaseType
properties	content  complex

element Channel.VendorName

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	NamingStrategyType
properties	content  complex
children	NamingStrategy
used by	element  xidml:Channel
annotation	documentation Used to place naming constrains on the channels vendor name attribute

element ChannelGroup.Name

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
properties	content  complex
used by	element  xidml:ChannelGroup
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation Value derived by: xs:string required
annotation	documentation Used to place naming constraint on a channel group's name attribute

attribute ChannelGroup.Name/@Value

type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 form  unqualified use  required
facets	minLength  1

element Derived

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	extension of ValueConstraint
properties	content  complex
children	xdef:Argument
used by	group  ValueConstraintsGroup
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation ConditionalSetting xs:string optional         documentation The name of the propagated setting by which the associated element is affected ConditionalValue xs:string optional         documentation The value propagated setting by which the associated element is affected FunctionName derived by: xs:string required         documentation The name of the external function to be called.  It is up to the vendor to come up with some format for this.
identity constraints	Name   Refer   Selector   Field(s)   unique   UniqueIndex      xdef:Argument   @Index
annotation	documentation Used to indicate when the allowable values for a setting need to be calculated by some external function

attribute Derived/@FunctionName

type	restriction of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 form  unqualified use  required
facets	minLength  1
annotation	documentation The name of the external function to be called.  It is up to the vendor to come up with some format for this.

element Derived/Argument

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	extension of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 minOcc  1 maxOcc  unbounded content  complex
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation Index xs:unsignedInt required         documentation The index of the argument into the function signature PropagateReference xs:string optional         documentation A reference to the propagated setting which is the argument to this function
annotation	documentation An argument to the function

attribute Derived/Argument/@Index

type	xs:unsignedInt
properties	isRef  0 form  unqualified use  required
annotation	documentation The index of the argument into the function signature

attribute Derived/Argument/@PropagateReference

type	xs:string
properties	isRef  0 form  unqualified use  optional
annotation	documentation A reference to the propagated setting which is the argument to this function

element Descriptions

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
properties	content  complex
children	xdef:Description
used by	elements  xidml:Enumerations/Enumeration XdefML/InstrumentSpecifications xidml:Instrument/Instruments/Location xidml:Content/Mapping/Parameter xidml:ParametersType/Parameter xidml:Processes/Process xidml:Specifications/Specification xidml:Channel xidml:ChannelGroup xidml:Settings complexTypes  ElementConstraintType xidml:SettingType group  xidml:SettingsGroup
identity constraints	Name   Refer   Selector   Field(s)   unique   LanguageUniqueness      Description   @Language
annotation	documentation Allows vendors to provide localizable descriptions for core elements in their instrument definition file

element Descriptions/Description

diagram
namespace	http://www.xidml.org/xdefml
type	extension of xs:string
properties	isRef  0 content  complex
attributes	Name   Type   Use   Default   Fixed   annotation Language xs:language required         documentation Indicates the language in which the description is given
annotation	documentation A localized description field

attribute Descriptions/Description/@Language