Physical Connector
A Physical Connector
・indicates that a physical plant item has a geometric feature that is intended to and can be connected to another plant item.
・is the feature of a plant item that participates in an actual, physical real-world connection.
Definition and Occurrence
A Connector may be a definition or an occurrence.
・A connector definition is part of a plant item definition, i.e., the description of a plant item that instantiated at different places in a plant.
・A connector occurrence is part of a plant item occurrence, i.e., a plant item definition that is instantiated or placed somewhere in plant space.
・Definitions and occurrences are intended to facilitate the replication of a particular plant item at different locations throughout the plant.