= Template Characterization =
This page describes the methodology by which any data set is characterized in terms of 15926.

The characterization methodology proceeds from a business-use definition of that data set (aka a "foreign schema") via its expression as P7L (aka short-cut, Gellish or Part-7-Lite) templates to transformation into short-hand or full Part-7 / Part-2 expressions.

This page defines the process by which short-cuts templates are selected and assembled to create that characterization.

This page and subsequent pages will therefore also explicitly document the short-cut / short-hand and other specific template types implied by that methodology. All templates used are reference data, managed at any time in the WIP RDL (or project RDL extensions).

 * Back to MmtSig (Modelling, Methodology & Technology SIG)
 * Forward to TemplateStartingSet for initial set of templates to be available in the WIP
 * Forward to TemplateMinimumSubSet minimum subset necessary to populate new WIP content.
 * Continue on this page for the definition of the Template Characterization Methodology

This methodology is a detailed elaboration of existing earlier reference specifications. These are provided for reference only, and these pages are intended to supersede them.

 * ISO15926 Methodology Specification for Dataset Template Characterization. The current "IDS-ADI" version of Methodology Document updated in collaboration between POSC-Caesar IDS and FIATECH-ADI Initiatives.
 * [http://trac.posccaesar.org/export/147/projects/IDS-ADI/work/documents/P7L/P7L_Characterization_Methodology_IDS-120-001_Iss_2x.doc P7L Characterization Methodology IDS-120-001 Iss 2x] the original 2006 IDS version of the Methodology Document.
 * [http://trac.posccaesar.org/export/147/projects/IDS-ADI/work/documents/P7L/ECMv3_Useage_Patterns.doc ECMv3 Usage Patterns] REFERENCE ONLY - Earliest (1999) public description of "Templates" as usage patterns, based on Gellish naming or relation types. The original EPISTLE Useage Patterns Specification (pre-cursor to Part 7)