Xkomponentti

Xkomponentti is a modular component specification designed to enable plug-and-play interoperability across hardware and software platforms. It defines a common interface and lifecycle for components, enables integration into larger systems with minimal glue code, and supports both hardware- and software-implemented elements.

The specification emphasizes portability, discoverability, and reusability. A component exposes a manifest describing its capabilities, dependencies, lifecycle events, and the interfaces it implements. Communication can occur via a lightweight bus or remote procedure calls, and a standardized event model allows components to publish and subscribe to events.

Architecture and interfaces: The core is a base interface layer with a versioned contract, a manifest format (JSON or XML), a capability taxonomy, and an adapter layer to map to platform-specific APIs. Xkomponentti supports lifecycle states (instantiated, configured, running, suspended, stopped, uninstalled) and provides versioned compatibility profiles.

Development and deployment: Developers provide an Xpak packaging with code, resources, and the manifest. SDKs exist for multiple languages. Deployment uses a registry or repository; runtime systems can discover components at startup or dynamically. Security and permission checks guard access to sensitive capabilities.

Adoption and use cases: It is used in modular robotics, embedded systems, edge computing, and modular software platforms where teams want to mix and match capabilities from different vendors.

Governance and licensing: The X Foundation maintains the specification as an open standard. Implementations may use permissive licenses; conformance tests verify compatibility.

See also: plug-and-play, modular design, interoperability.