IEC 61636:2016

IEC 61636 ®
Edition 1.0 2016-11
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IEEE Std 1636
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA)

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IEC 61636 ®
Edition 1.0 2016-11
IEEE Std 1636™
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA)

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 25.040.01; 35.060 ISBN 978-2-8322-3686-4

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Contents
1. Overview . 1
1.1 General . 1
1.2 Scope . 3
1.3 Purpose . 3
1.4 Application . 3
1.5 Conventions used in this document . 3
2. Normative references . 3
3. Definitions . 4
4. Backgrounds . 5
4.1 Diagnostic maturation . 5
4.2 Relationship to IEEE Std 1232 (AI-ESTATE) . 6
4.3 Relationship to IEEE 1636 (SIMICA) component standards . 6
5. Information model . 6
5.1 SIMICA_MODEL . 7
6. Conformance .20
Annex A (informative) Bibliography .21
Annex B (informative) Overview of EXPRESS.22
B.1 Schema .22
B.2 Entity .22
B.3 Attribute .23
B.4 Type definition .24
B.5 Subtypes/supertypes .24
B.6 External schema references .25
B.7 Uniqueness constraints and WHERE clauses .26
B.8 Functions and procedures .27

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IEEE Standard for Software Interface
for Maintenance Information Collection
and Analysis (SIMICA)
Sponsor
IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 20 on
Test and Diagnosis for Electronic Systems
Approved 19 March 2009
IEEE-SA Standards Board
Approved as a Full-Use Standard 5 December 2013
IEEE-SA Standards Board
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