need a name for the device values

[proddy]

On terminology we have

• device = A device type like Thermostat, Boiler, Solar Module. (system is also a device in the code, which is awkward)
• device value = Like 'curflowtemp' in the device Boiler

but what I've always been missing is a name for the actual origin of the device value. Today we use the word "device value" interchangeably between the name and the actual value.

Any ideas what we should call it? For example 'device parameter or 'variable' or 'entity' ?

[proddy]

For example, the class DeviceValue in emsdevice.h which has all the information about a device's value (name, type, uom etc..) should perhaps have a different name. Now we have a "device value's value" which could be 21.5

@MichaelDvP ?

[MichaelDvP]

I don't see this critical, if you really want to rename my suggestion is "device item"

[proddy]

I don't intend to change any code, that would be a nightmare! It's just a word to be used in comments and discussions when we talk about something like 'boiltemp'. It's an item of the device 'boiler' then?

[MichaelDvP]

In the doc you call it key: "The key's and their description:"
That's also ok: device-key-shortname, device-key-value, etc.