Industry IoT Vocabulary 3: Guidance
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3 GUIDANCE
When authoring documents that leverage the IIC Vocabulary, consider the following additional
guidance:
• Terms listed in Table 6-1 have been identified as ambiguous or conflicting with accepted
interpretations, and we instead suggest the use of approved alternatives.
• When you are unable to locate the definition for a given term, review Annex B to verify if
your term has been removed from the IIC Vocabulary. If an alternative is available, it will
be suggested in Table 6-1.
• To aid in the comprehension of your documents, we suggest avoiding inventing new
terms for existing concepts. Leverage the IIC Vocabulary to streamline your work by
importing established industry definitions into your working documents.
Additional guidelines for IIC members:
• We recommend that you reference the IIC Vocabulary in your documents, so that the full
complement of IIC terms and definitions are available to the reader.
• If you encounter a term that should be in the IIC Vocabulary but does not presently have
an entry, contact the IIC Vocabulary chairs to discuss this term’s addition.
Additional guidelines for non-IIC members:
• If you encounter a term that should be in the IIC Vocabulary but does not presently have
an entry, submit a contribution to the IIC at vtg-chair@engage.inconsortium.org, and
request that your term be considered. We strongly suggest supplying a proposed
definition and any pertinent context with your term, to ensure comprehension by the IIC
Vocabulary team.
• While the IIC will strive to include such contributions, valid reasons can exist for not
accepting them. The application of the principles in section 1 (page 3) may result in a
contribution that is ineligible for inclusion.
Figure 3-1 and Figure 3-2 describe the IIC Vocabulary development process, first as an overview
and then in greater detail.
