used_terms.md

Used Terms

Car-related Terms

The ubiquitous language defined in this documentation is the language foundation of the terms that are consistently used in the doamin ConnectedCar and in the applications residing to this domain. New applications can add additional terms to this foundation if the terms are application-agnostic and, threfore, needed by other applications that are based on the domain ConnectedCar.

Term	Definition	Remarks
Brand	Data that specifies the brand name of the Vehicle manufacturer
Car	A specific type of vehicle
Consumption	Data that specifies the consumed fuel of the engine, expressed in units such as liters or kWh per kilometer
Emissions	Data that specifies the CO2 emitted by a Vehicle during operation in gram per kilometer
Fleet	A set of vehicles
Fuel	Data that defines the source of energy that powers the Vehicle such as petrol or electric energy
Production Date	Data that specifies the date on which the vehicle was fully assembled
Technical Specification	Data of a Vehicle encapsulating the core physical makeup and performance of the vehicle
Trunk	A covered space of a Vehicle which is the main storage or cargo compartment
Vehicle	A physical unit which is used to transport persons and/or goods. Examples of vehicles are: bicycle, bus, car, train, truck
VIN	Data which uniquely identifies a Vehicle

Application-related Terms

Term	Definition	Remarks
Fleet Manager	A role that owns one or more cars and rents them to customers
Static Car Data	Data containing static information on a car such as the VIN, brand, model, and construction year
Rental Period	Data containing the start and end date of a car rental
Active Rental	A rental is active if the current date is between start and end date of the rental period
Trunk Access	A permission to open the trunk of a car which is explicitly granted to an external person
Trunk Access Token	A 24-char alphanumeric proof of the trunk access
Trunk Permission	A trunk access (explicitly granted) or the implicit permission of customer with active rental