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1 Unleashing the potential of the Internet of Things

3.2.2 capability set: A set of capabilities that machines can provide to process commands from
users.
3.2.3 machine profile schema: A schema to describe features of a machine.

3.2.4 relation module: A module that acts as a relation server in the distributed relation
management model. A relation module resides in every machine in the distributed relation
management model.

3.2.5 relation profile schema: A schema to describe a relation to achieve a given task. It
contains information on a group of machines, processing schedules, workgroup IDs, work
descriptions and a capability set.

3.2.6 relation server: A server to establish a relation and operate machines according to the
relations.

3.2.7 status parameter: The current status of a machine such as active, standby, expected
termination time of the current operation, current execution task, current execution function and
expected termination time of the current execution function.

4 Abbreviations and acronyms

This Recommendation uses the following abbreviations and acronyms:
XML Extensible Markup Language

5 Conventions

None.

6 Overview of relation for machine socialization
Like the human experience of using social network services to obtain information on the knowledge
and capabilities of other people, unrestricted by barriers of time and place, etc., machines can
communicate what they do or what they need; they can follow each other, discuss, collaborate,
create events and do things together. This involves the socialization of machines to a level
corresponding to that of the social relations of humans [ITU-T Y.4001].
Socialization may have many meanings, but one of the most important features of socialization is
working together. Machine socialization implicates that machines work together to achieve given
tasks. To achieve the task in collaboration, machines have to establish associations with other
machines by sharing and providing capabilities, these associations are called relations in
[ITU-T Y.4001] and in this Recommendation.

In other words, machines should exchange data with other machines and understand the meaning of
the exchanged data to establish a relation.
Humans can exchange their ideas with other people using languages or gestures, however a
machine cannot exchange information with other machines using natural languages. Therefore, a
machine should exchange information and respond to other machines by analysing the information
with other machines that is expressed in a mutually understandable form, such as extensible markup
language (XML).
This Recommendation defines a schema for a mutually understandable form of machine
socialization.

If machines can understand and exchange data with other machines, a relation can be established
through relation management.

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