Abstract: As a farming machine travels through a field of plants, the farming machine operates in a normal operational state to perform one or more farming operations. The farming machine detects an operational failure of a component of the farming machine using measurements obtained from one or more sensors coupled to and monitoring the farming machine. The operational failure of the component impacts performance of a first farming operation of the farming operations. The farming machine configures the farming machine to operate in a remedial operational state. In the remedial operational state, the farming machine diagnoses the operational failure of the component using the obtained measurements. In the remedial operational state, the farming machine selects a solution operation to address the operational failure of the component based on the diagnosis. The farming machine performs the determined solution operation.

Abstract: An XML management system, comprising: a repository configured to store a manipulable object model capable of representing metadata about objects in a user's computing environment; user accessible means for manipulating said object model to modify properties of objects thus represented; and means for extending said object model to handle a new type of object by automatically generating descendent class(es) that are able to handle the new object within the object model and incorporating them into an XML management system runtime environment for participation in the object modelling process.