Generic Function Overview
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Currently, we are in the process of the introduction of a renewed vocabulary. It is a further development, based on the usage of the Generic Functions presented below. There are a number of significant changes in the new approach:
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This page contains the links to all 55 Generic Functions that are specified in this repository and that are part of one or more Generic Pattern(s). The list presented below is not exhausting, many more functions can be defined using the OIAm vocabulary. However, the functions in the list below do play an important role in this repository and serve as examples for an extensive description of functions according to OIAm. They are grouped by the Working Area under which they reside. Every Generic Function can also have a dedicated icon; a handy overview of the icons present can be found here. Documented Generic Functions also have a brief description; the comprehensive list of GFs and their brief description can be found in this list.
Note: the following 73 Generic Functions are proposals:
... further results| Function | Description |
| Acceleration | Increase of speed/decrease of time needed to carry out a function |
| Acces | Enablement of entrance/usage |
| Accommodation | Facilitation of functions in the physical world |
| Aggregation | Collection into a whole |
| Alerting | Notification of a status that demands intervention |
| Archive | Indisputable authentic preservation for future reference |
| Assortment | Distribution into different classes/categories |
| Caching | Performance improvement by buffering and provision of quick access |
| Calculation | Execution of mathematical operations |
| Casting | Real-time transmission |
| Catalogue | Item inventory |
| Classification | Systematic placement in categories |
| Collection | Pickup (of items specified in the data/object part) |
| Concealment | Hiding of data/objects in order to preserve confidentiality |
| Conditioning | Manipulation of behavior |
| Controlling | Command interaction |
| Coordination | Interoperation control |
| Coupling | Connection of (equal) parts |
| Deduplication | Removal of exact copy instances |
| Delegation | Organization of representation |
| Delivery | Transfer, including its completion |
| Deployment | Placement in a position for utilization |
| Distribution | (Re)allocation to bring on or closer to the destination |
| Encapsulation | Application of wrapping to protect or to hide |
| Encryption | Protective conversion |
| Engine | Execution of predefined automated tasks |
| Export | Saving data objects in a format usable by another system |
| Filtering | Removal of unwanted items during transit |
| Formatting | Prearrangement for usage |
| Handling | Treatment, manipulation, management |
| Import | Bringing data objects into one system from another |
| Indexing | Creation of reference (points) |
| Input | Digitalization (of items specified in the data/object part) |
| Interconnection | Linkage to bridge a distance or difference |
| Locking | Preservation of a state |
| Logging | Recording of activities/events |
| Lookup | Confined search operation |
| Measuring | Registration of condition/quantity |
| Multiplication | Creation of exact copy instances |
| Notification | Act of information, providing of an informative message/signal |
| Offloading | Put aside to make room (for example transferring data to a cheaper medium) |
| Orchestration | Arrangement of automated processes |
| Output | Human perceptible representation |
| Preservation | Conservation in the state in which/existing |
| Prioritization | Arrangement of right of way |
| Provisioning | Preparation/placement to fulfill a demand on beforehand |
| Purging | Removal of the unwanted/unnecessary |
| Queueing | Ordering for dispatch order |
| Reception | Admission/Intake |
| Recording | Registration/Transcription |
Note: the following Generic Function is deprecated: