3.2 Target

Target is a mandatory field in Command message, and it is possible to define new Targets that are not present in the specifications. Only one Target is allowed in a Command, and that’s why the cardinality of each one equals to 1.

Type: Target (Choice)

ID

Name

Type

#

Description

9

features

Features

1

A set of items used with the query Action to determine an Actuator’s capabilities.

2

context

Context

1

It describes the service environment, its connections and security capabilities.

A new target, called “context” is inserted because the Target “features” refers only to the Actuator capabilities and not to the characteristics of the execution environment.