Definitions
Primary
Local Cloud
A preferably private and protected network of loosely coupled collaborating systems, that are performing on a well-defined domain (such as a geographically bounded factory or any encapsulated group of automatization tasks).
Microsystem or System
An identifiable software instance that collaborates within a Local Cloud. A system can play a consumer role, a provider role or both.
Microservice or Service
An identifiable set of service-operations that covers a well-definied scope of activities.
Service Operation
An individually identifiable component of a service, that can be consumed by a collaborating system. An operation performs a single physical or virtual action related to its service scope, while producing output data and possibly processing input data.
Supplementary
Access Token
An experiable reference that points to or holds the access permission details of an authenticated system.
Certificate
A digital certificiate that securely holds the identity of its owner and also can be used to encrypt the data transfer between the communicating parties.
Consumer
A system that wants use services.
Event
A short notification about a significant occurrence or change in state that is recognized within a system by itself and is boradcasted within the Local Cloud. The notification is not holding any other data, than an [event-type], a timestamp, a sender system reference and a small(!) payload if really necessary.
Event-Type
A textual identifier that refers to the nature of a given event.
Identity Info
A self-declaration based identifier that is associated with a system considered as authenticated.
Identity Token
An experiable reference that points to an identifier that is associated with a system to be authenticated.