Introduction - Microsoft Web view[MS-SMDL]: Semantic Model Definition Language File Format. Intellectual Property Rights Notice for Open Specifications Documentation. Technical Documentation

[MS-SMDL]:

Semantic Model Definition Language File Format

Intellectual Property Rights Notice for Open Specifications Documentation

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Revision Summary

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6/4/2010

0.1

Major

First release.

9/3/2010

0.1.1

Editorial

Changed language and formatting in the technical content.

2/9/2011

0.1.1

None

No changes to the meaning, language, or formatting of the technical content.

7/7/2011

0.1.1

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11/3/2011

0.1.1

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1/19/2012

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2/23/2012

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3/27/2012

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5/24/2012

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6/29/2012

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7/16/2012

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10/8/2012

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10/23/2012

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3/26/2013

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6/11/2013

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8/8/2013

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12/5/2013

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2/11/2014

1.0

Major

Updated and revised the technical content.

5/20/2014

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5/10/2016

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8/16/2017

2.0

Major

Significantly changed the technical content.

Table of Contents

1Introduction12

1.1Glossary12

1.2References14

1.2.1Normative References14

1.2.2Informative References15

1.3Overview16

1.3.1Semantic Model Definition Language File Content16

1.3.2Byte Ordering17

1.3.3Document Structure17

1.3.3.1XML Namespace17

1.3.4Semantic Model Definition Overview Diagrams17

1.4Relationship to Protocols and Other Structures20

1.5Applicability Statement21

1.6Versioning and Localization21

1.7Vendor-Extensible Fields21

2Structures22

2.1Introduction22

2.2Common SMDL Data Types22

2.2.1String22

2.2.2Integer22

2.2.3Boolean22

2.2.4DateTime23

2.2.5Time23

2.2.6Decimal23

2.2.7Float23

2.2.8Binary23

2.2.9EntityKey23

2.2.9.1EntityKey Structure24

2.2.9.2KeyValue Structure25

2.2.10Variant27

2.2.11QName27

2.2.12MIMEType28

2.2.13Language28

2.3SemanticModel29

2.3.1SemanticModel.ID30

2.3.2SemanticModel.Culture30

2.3.3SemanticModel.CustomProperties30

2.3.4SemanticModel.DataSourceView31

2.3.5SemanticModel.Description31

2.3.6SemanticModel.Entities32

2.3.7SemanticModel.Perspectives32

2.3.8SemanticModel.Version32

2.4CustomProperties33

2.4.1CustomProperties.CustomProperty33

2.5CustomProperty34

2.5.1CustomProperty.Name34

2.5.2CustomProperty.Value35

2.6Entities35

2.6.1Entities.Entity35

2.6.2Entities.EntityFolder36

2.7Entity36

2.7.1Entity.ID38

2.7.2Entity.CollectionName38

2.7.3Entity.Column38

2.7.4Entity.CustomProperties39

2.7.5Entity.DefaultAggregateAttributes39

2.7.6Entity.DefaultDetailAttributes40

2.7.7Entity.DefaultSecurityFilter40

2.7.8Entity.Description40

2.7.9Entity.DisjointInheritance41

2.7.10Entity.Fields41

2.7.11Entity.Hidden41

2.7.12Entity.IdentifyingAttributes42

2.7.13Entity.Inheritance42

2.7.14Entity.InstanceSelection42

2.7.15Entity.IsLookup43

2.7.16Entity.Name43

2.7.17Entity.SecurityFilters44

2.7.18Entity.SortAttributes44

2.7.19Entity.Table44

2.8Column45

2.8.1Column.Name45

2.8.2Column.TableName46

2.9DefaultAggregateAttributes46

2.9.1DefaultAggregateAttributes.AttributeReference47

2.10AttributeReference47

2.10.1AttributeReference.AttributeID48

2.10.2AttributeReference.Path48

2.11Path49

2.11.1Path.RolePathItem49

2.12RolePathItem50

2.12.1RolePathItem.RoleID50

2.13DefaultDetailAttributes50

2.13.1DefaultDetailAttributes.AttributeReference51

2.14DefaultSecurityFilter51

2.14.1DefaultSecurityFilter.AttributeReference52

2.15Fields52

2.15.1Fields.Attribute53

2.15.2Fields.FieldFolder53

2.15.3Fields.Role54

2.16Attribute54

2.16.1Attribute.ID56

2.16.2Attribute.Alignment56

2.16.3Attribute.Column57

2.16.4Attribute.ContextualName57

2.16.5Attribute.CustomProperties58

2.16.6Attribute.DataCulture58

2.16.7Attribute.DataType59

2.16.8Attribute.DefaultAggregateAttributeID59

2.16.9Attribute.Description60

2.16.10Attribute.DiscourageGrouping60

2.16.11Attribute.EnableDrillthrough61

2.16.12Attribute.Expression61

2.16.13Attribute.Format61

2.16.14Attribute.Hidden62

2.16.15Attribute.IsAggregate63

2.16.16Attribu

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