3 Definitions of terms and abbreviations

29.5493GPPApplication Programming Interface (API) specificationRelease 18Service Enabler Architecture Layer for Verticals (SEAL)Stage 3TS

3.1 Terms

For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1].

VAL service: A generic name for any service offered by the VAL service provider to their VAL users.

SEAL service: A generic name for a common service (e.g. group management, configuration management, location management) that can be utilized by multiple vertical applications.

SEAL provider: Provider of SEAL service(s).

VAL server: A generic name for the server application function of a specific VAL service.

SEAL server: An entity that provides the server side functionalities corresponding to the specific SEAL service.

VAL system: The collection of applications, services, and enabling capabilities required to support a VAL service.

VAL group: A defined set of VAL UEs or VAL users configured for specific purpose in a VAL service.

NOTE: The set could be of either VAL UEs or VAL users depending on the specific VAL service.

VAL group home system: The VAL system where the VAL group is defined.

VAL group member: A VAL service user, whose VAL user ID is listed in a particular VAL group.

Vertical application: An application catering to a specific vertical.

3.2 Abbreviations

For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1].

5GS 5G System

AEF API Exposing Function

API Application Programming Interface

DS-TT Device-Side TSN Translator

JSON JavaScript Object Notation

NDS Network Domain Security

NDS/IP NDS for IP based protocols

NRM Network Resource Management

NSCE Network Slice Capability Enablement

PLMN Public Land Mobile Network

REST Representational State Transfer

SCEF Service Capability Exposure Function

SCS Service Capability Server

SEAL Service Enabler Architecture Layer for Verticals

TMGI Temporary Mobile Group Identity

TSC Time Sensitive Communication

TSN Time Sensitive Networking

UE User Equipment

VAL Vertical Application Layer