This is a description of an model as an abstruction, without specifying what technology is used to represent it or the architecture of the system that it is a part of. The model has to connect with the world in the ways shown in the diagram and for that it has to follow requirements below.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Format support layers
- Format supports data provenance for each layer
- Format supports dependancies between layers
- Format is compatible (with or without conversion) with storage and both runtime environments
- Format supports independent quantisation of layers