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The chart shows a "URC" (Universal Remote Console) which is connected to a "Target (Device/Service)" through a "Target-URC Network," and "Optional Gateway(s)". The URC is also connected through the "Resource-URC Network" to two resource clusters which are shown as clouds at the top of the diagram. The resource clouds are labelled "SUPPLEMENTAL UIIDs" and "SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES (Standard or Proprietary)".

The "TARGET" is in the center of the diagram. It is made up of a red box representing the part of the Target that is exposed to the URC, and a box "TARGET FUNCTIONALITY (Functionality of the Device or Service)".

Inside the red box there is (from bottom to top):

• "TARGET-URC NETWORK LINK(S) with DISCOVERY AND SESSION

MANAGEMENT", for example "Java/Jini ON Bluetooth", "Java/Jini ON Firewire", "Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) ON 802.11", "UPnP ON Powerline", "UPnP ON Ethernet".

• "TARGET DESCRIPTION" (document)
• 1 or more SOCKETS, each of which with a Socket Description (document)
• "TARGET RESOURCES". The "TARGET RESOURCES" include:
  • "Resource Sheets" (documents) with one or more of the following: "Labels", "Groupings", "Help Text", "Access Keys", "Keywords".
  • "Presentation Templates" (documents) and
  • "Other UIIDs (User Interface Implementation Description)" (documents).

The URC is made up of (from bottom to top):

• "TARGET-URC NETWORK LINK(S) with DISCOVERY AND SESSION MANAGEMENT", connecting to the "TARGET-URC NETWORK LINK(S)" of the Target side through the optional gateway(s).
• An "INTERFACE GENERATOR" that feeds into the "USER INTERFACE" that may include "VISUAL", "AUDITORY" and "TACTILE" presentation mechanisms.

The resource cloud "SUPPLEMENTAL UIIDs" provides non-V2 UIIDs to the URC:

• "Proprietary UIIDs"
• "Ad hoc format UIIDs"

"SUPPLEMENTAL UIIDs" also provides V2-standardized UIIDs to the URC:

• "Supplemental Presentation Templates"

The resource cloud "SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES (Standard or Proprietary)" provides non-V2 resources to the URC:

• "Metadata Bases"
• "Translators (language, symbol, etc.)"
• "Dictionairies (symbol sets, etc.)"
• "Other"

"SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES" also provides V2-standardized resources to the URC:

• "Supplemental Labels"
• "Supplemental Keywords"
• "Supplemental Help"
• "Supplemental Access Keys"