Misuse of Term Component

[schneidert]

In the mtconnect_components.ttl ontology there are several classes whose class identifiers end in 'Component' and are subclasses of mtc:MTConnectComponent, e.g. Amplifier, Actuator, etc.

Instead of classifying them a a type of component (which should not be used) it would be more effective to properly define classes for, or as, themselves independent of any dependencies or assumptions about their possible uses (e.g., Actutor, Amplifier, etc.).