The following list of terms and abbreviations is specific to oBIX usage in NiagaraAX, and covers entries used in this document. For the definitive collection of terms found in oBIX publications, refer to OASIS (at the time of this document) at the following URL:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=obix.
For general NiagaraAX terms, see the Glossary in the User Guide.
- lobby
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The oBIX lobby is the root of a server’s oBIX object tree. The lobby has certain semantics associated with it, such as how to create watches and batch operations. Therefore it is important that the URI given the oBIX client is that of the lobby, and not a sub-object.
- oBIX
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The “open Building Information eXchange” is a web services protocol designed to enable communications between building mechanical and electrical systems, and enterprise applications.
- URI
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A Universal Resource Identifier is the location of an internet resource (for example, web-page, ftp service, and so on). This term is a more general term for the commonly used Uniform Resource Location or URL.
- watch
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And watches. oBIX watches are subscriptions. Watches allow a client to maintain a real-time cache for the current state of one or more objects. They are also used to access an event stream from a feed in the case of alarms.