Method for use in determining the measurement functionality of a meter

A method for use in determining the measurement functionality of a meter, such as a meter configured to meter, and possibly also control, the flow of electricity, gas, water or sewage, wherein the meter is configured for measuring raw data at one or more measurement locations around a system, wherein the measurement functionality of the meter defines the characteristics of measurement data which is derivable from the raw data, and wherein the method comprises:

• identifying a set of different measurement points supported by the meter, each measurement point defining the one or more measurement locations, and identifying or defining, for each measurement point, a corresponding name and a corresponding value for each of one or more attributes of a code of a metrology specification;
• identifying a set of different units of measure supported by the meter, each unit of measure defining the unit of measure for the measurement data, and identifying or defining, for each unit of measure, a corresponding name and a corresponding value for each of one or more attributes of a code of the metrology specification;
• identifying a set of different data types supported by the meter, each data type defining a transformation for generating the measurement data from the raw data, and identifying or defining, for each data type, a corresponding name and a corresponding value for each of one or more attributes of a code of the metrology specification;
• determining different combinations of measurement point, unit of measure, and data type selected from the set of different measurement points, the set of different units of measure, and the set of different data types respectively;
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• determining, for each combination of measurement point, unit of measure, and data type, a corresponding measurement type and a corresponding code of the metrology specification, wherein the corresponding measurement type comprises the corresponding measurement point, the corresponding unit of measure, the corresponding data type, and a corresponding measurement type name composed from the name associated with the corresponding measurement point, the name associated with the corresponding unit of measure, and the name associated with the corresponding data type, and wherein the corresponding code of the metrology specification is composed from the values of the code attributes associated with the corresponding measurement point, the corresponding unit of measure, and the corresponding data type.