Physical element - 3SE

Approved

https://www.3se.info/3se-onto/terms/physical-element-3se-069b9d2c8dce7f9b

Part of a system element responsible for defining the resources to carrying out the functional element of the system, by interacting with other physical elements of the system and/or enabling system physical elements and/or actors.

Classification

flowchart TD N1["Physical element"]:::current N2["Object"] N3["Hardware"] N4["Safety hardware"] N5["Security hardware"] N6["Software"] N7["Safety software"] N8["Security software"] N1 -->|subclass of| N2 N3 -->|subclass of| N1 N4 -->|subclass of| N3 N5 -->|subclass of| N3 N6 -->|subclass of| N1 N7 -->|subclass of| N6 N8 -->|subclass of| N6 classDef current fill:#e8f4f8,stroke:#2980b9,stroke-width:2px

Allocations

flowchart TD N1["Physical element"]:::current N2["Functional element"] N3["System element state"] N4["System element function"] N5["Software function"] N6["Software feature"] N7["Hardware function"] N8["Hardware feature"] N9["System element function attribute"] N10["System architecture constraint"] N11["Hardware state"] N12["Software state"] N13["System element state attribute"] N14["Functional element attribute"] N15["System non-functional requirement"] N16["Physical element attribute"] N17["System constraint"] N18["System element"] N1 -.->|allocates| N2 N2 -.->|allocates| N3 N3 -.->|allocates| N4 N4 -.->|allocates| N5 N5 -.->|allocates| N6 N4 -.->|allocates| N7 N7 -.->|allocates| N8 N4 -.->|allocates| N9 N9 -.->|allocates| N10 N4 -.->|allocates| N10 N3 -.->|allocates| N11 N11 -.->|allocates| N7 N3 -.->|allocates| N12 N12 -.->|allocates| N5 N3 -.->|allocates| N10 N3 -.->|allocates| N13 N13 -.->|allocates| N10 N2 -.->|allocates| N14 N14 -.->|allocates| N13 N14 -.->|allocates| N15 N1 -.->|allocates| N16 N16 -.->|allocates| N14 N16 -.->|allocates| N15 N1 -.->|allocates| N17 N18 -.->|allocates| N1 classDef current fill:#e8f4f8,stroke:#2980b9,stroke-width:2px

Relations

Relatedenabling-system-physical-element-3se-069b9d2c8d5375f6  ·  physical-architecture-3se-069b9d2c8dc67374  ·  system-3se-069b85f238f3792d  ·  fault-3se-069bb0f6e7f77cb3  ·  physical-element-breakdown-structure-3se-069c03464b5670d2  ·  system-breakdown-structure-3se-069bee1cdb507cf6  ·  actor-3se-069c1a2fb8cb746f  ·  vulnerability-3se-069c1a2fb8f177a4  ·  system-req-breakdown-structure-3se-069ee3cda6097bec  ·  physical-actor-3se-06adcffc84b57223  ·  physical-interdependent-actor-3se-06adcffc84fd7cb3
Subclass ofobject-bfo-2-0-069f666ab52b7003
Superclass ofhardware-3se-069bb0a752d57cb1  ·  software-3se-069bb0a752e7712e
Allocatesfunctional-element-3se-069b9d2c8d9d7504  ·  physical-element-attribute-3se-069e3c5af9167fb3  ·  system-constraint-3se-069be64e188b7d26
Can behigh-level-physical-element-3se-069c03464ae07399
Allocated bysystem-element-3se-069b85f238fb79eb
Hosted bysite-3se-06a95e75a9b67094
Component ofhigh-level-physical-element-3se-069c03464ae07399  ·  high-level-physical-element-variant-3se-06a8873e37a378a2
Responsible rolesystem-architect-3se-069c451bef267e68
Exposesphysical-interface-3se-069bd66fb639714a
Has variantphysical-element-variant-3se-06a8873e37b8700e
Close matchhosting-physical-component-arcadia-2023-069b9d2c8dad7934

JSON-LD

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Raw JSON-LD: index.jsonld

Created 2026-03-17  ·  Modified 2026-10-24  ·  by @rcasteran