CompSpec

  union CompSpec switch (SpecDiscriminant) {
    case 0: Name comp_name;
  }

In the current implementation CompSpec (and comp_name) is simply a sequence of 2 strings. The first containing the category name of the component and the second, the implementation name of the component.

Name

  typedef sequence<string> Name;

SpecDiscriminant

  enum SpecDiscriminant {
    CompName, 
    CompPropertyList, 
    CompReference
  };