1 Overview
      1.1 Scope
      1.2 Purpose
      1.3 Benefits
2 References
      2.1 General references
      2.2 References pertaining to String representation
      2.3 References pertaining to uncertainty
3 Definitions
4 Conventions
      4.1 Class naming
      4.2 Descriptive syntax
      4.3 Word usage
      4.4 Class definitions
      4.5 Operation signature datatypes
      4.6 Behavioral specification notation
5 Information model
      5.1 Object model specifications
      5.2 Data model specifications
      5.3 Network communication models
      5.4 IEEE 1451.1 users
6 Datatypes in an IEEE 1451.1 system
      6.1 Primitive datatypes
      6.2 Derived datatypes
7 Common properties
      7.1 Class designator properties
      7.2 Object operation properties
      7.3 Block Cookie properties
      7.4 Value uncertainty specification
8 Top-level class definitions
      8.1 Root abstract class
      8.2 Entity abstract class
9 Block classes
      9.1 Block abstract class
      9.2 NCAP Block class
      9.3 Function Block class
      9.4 Base Transducer Block abstract class
      9.5 Transducer Block abstract class
      9.6 Dot2 Transducer Block class
      9.7 Dot3 Transducer Block class
      9.8 Dot2 Transducer Block class
10 Component classes
      10.1 Component abstract class
      10.2 Parameter class
      10.3 Parameter With Update class
      10.4 Physical Parameter abstract class
      10.5 Scalar Parameter class
      10.6 Scalar Series Parameter class
      10.7 Vector Parameter class
      10.8 Vector Series Parameter class
      10.9 Time Parameter class
      10.10 Action class
      10.11 File class
      10.12 Partitioned File class
      10.13 Component Group class
11 Service classes
      11.1 Service abstract class
      11.2 Base Port abstract class
      11.3 Base Client Port abstract class
      11.4 Client Port class
      11.5 Asynchronous Client Port class
      11.6 Base Publisher Port abstract class
      11.7 Publisher Port class
      11.8 Self Identifying Publisher Port class
      11.9 Event Generator Publisher Port class
      11.10 Subscriber Port class
      11.11 Mutex Service class
      11.12 Condition Variable Service class
12 Publication semantics
      12.1 Overview
      12.2 Publishing operational behavior
      12.3 Structure of publications
13 Defined publications
      13.1 Publication Timer_Tick specification
      13.2 Publication Timer_Properties specification
      13.3 Publication Request_Timer_Properties
             specification
      13.4 Publication Physical_Parametric_Data
             specification
      13.5 Publication Physical_Parametric_Data_Publisher_
             Identifying specification
14 Encode and decode rules
      14.1 Argument encoding and decoding
      14.2 Client-server argument encoding and decoding
      14.3 Publish-side argument encoding
      14.4 Subscriber-side argument encoding
15 Memory management rules
      15.1 Applicability of memory management ruler
      15.2 In process memory management
      15.3 Simple datatype memory management
      15.4 Nonsimple datatype memory management
16 Conformance
      16.1 Conformance objective
      16.2 Definition of conformance terms
      16.3 Conformance requirements
Annex A (informative) Using the object model
Annex B (informative) Client-server example
Annex C (informative) Publish-subscribe example
Annex D (informative) System configuration and operation
                      examples
Annex E (informative) NCAP interoperation and network-
                      independent code
Annex F (normative) IEEE 1451.1 String character set
Annex G (normative) Assignment of enumeration values to
                    ISO 639 language codes
Annex H (normative) IEEE 1451.2 Transducer Block definition
Annex I (informative) Bibliography