ISO 10303-239:2024

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 13584-42
Second edition
2010-12-15
Industrial automation systems and
integration — Parts library —
Part 42:
Description methodology: Methodology
for structuring parts families
Systèmes d'automatisation industrielle et intégration — Bibliothèque
de composants —
Partie 42: Méthodologie descriptive: Méthodologie appliquée à
la structuration des familles de pièces

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Contents Page
Foreword . x
Introduction. xii
1 Scope .1
2 Normative references.2
3 Terms and definitions.3
4 Abbreviated terms .12
5 Description of a hierarchy of characterization classes of products.12
5.1 Relationships between product categorization and product ontologies .12
5.2 Relationships between classes.12
5.2.1 Class inclusion relationship .12
5.2.2 Aggregation and composition.13
5.3 Simultaneous description of characterization classes of products and products properties.14
5.4 Applicable and visible properties .14
5.5 Purpose of a standardized characterization hierarchy .15
5.6 Use of the standardized characterization hierarchy .16
5.7 Class valued property .16
5.8 Compatibility between ISO 13584 and IEC 61360 standard series .16
6 Rules for creating hierarchies of characterization classes of products .17
6.1 Choice of characterization class hierarchy.17
6.1.1 Field of application.17
6.1.2 Upper section of the class hierarchy .17
6.1.3 Lower section of the class hierarchy .17
6.1.4 Multiple perspectives on the class hierarchy.18
6.2 Association of properties .18
6.2.1 Properties to be considered .18
6.2.2 Semantic identification of properties .18
6.2.3 Factoring rule.19
7 Dictionary elements that describe properties of products.20
7.1 Mapping of properties onto the common ISO13584/IEC61360 dictionary model .20
7.2 Attributes.20
7.2.1 Code .21
7.2.2 Definition Class.21
7.2.3 Data Type .22
7.2.4 Preferred Name .22
7.2.5 Short Name .22
7.2.6 Preferred Letter Symbol .23
7.2.7 Synonymous Letter Symbol.23
7.2.8 Synonymous Name .23
7.2.9 Property Type Classification.24
7.2.10 Definition.24
7.2.11 Source Document of Definition.24
7.2.12 Note .25
7.2.13 Remark .25
7.2.14 Unit .25
7.2.15 Condition.26
ISO 13584-42:2010(E)
7.2.16 Formula. 26
7.2.17 Value Format . 26
7.2.18 Date of Original Definition. 27
7.2.19 Date of Current Version . 27
7.2.20 Date of Current Revision . 28
7.2.21 Version Number. 28
7.2.22 Revision Number . 28
7.2.23 Is Deprecated. 29
7.2.24 Is Deprecated Interpretation . 29
7.2.25 Administrative data . 29
8 Dictionary elements that describe classes of products .30
8.1 Mapping of classes onto the common ISO13584/IEC61360 dictionary model. 30
8.2 Attributes . 30
8.2.1 Code. 32
8.2.2 Superclass . 32
8.2.3 Preferred Name . 32
8.2.4 Short Name. 33
8.2.5 Synonymous Names. 33
8.2.6 Visible Types. 33
8.2.7 Applicable Types. 34
8.2.8 Class Valued Properties . 34
8.2.9 Visible Properties. 34
8.2.10 Applicable Properties. 35
8.2.11 Class Constant Values . 35
8.2.12 Definition . 35
8.2.13 Source Document of Definition. 36
8.2.14 Note. 36
8.2.15 Remark .36
8.2.16 Simplified Drawing . 36
8.2.17 Date of Original Definition. 37
8.2.18 Date of Current Version . 37
8.2.19 Date of Current Revision . 37
8.2.20 Version Number. 38
8.2.21 Revision Number . 38
8.2.22 Constraints.38
8.2.23 Instance Sharable. 39
8.2.24 Categorization Class Superclasses. 39
8.2.25 Is Deprecated. 39
8.2.26 Is Deprecated Interpretation . 40
8.2.27 Administrative Data. 40
9 Dictionary Change Management Rules . 40
9.1 Principle of ontological continuity. 40
9.2 Revisions and Versions. 41
9.3 Correction of errors . 43
9.4 Rules for change management.45
9.4.1 Criteria for classifying a change. 45
9.4.2 Dependency and the propagation of changes. 47
9.4.3 Management of categorization classes . 48
9.3.4 Management of dictionary version and revision . 49
9.5 Dictionary Changes and Attributes. 49
9.5.1 System maintained attributes . 49
9.5.2 Attributes available for textual change. 49
9.6 Constraints on the evolution of reference dictionaries. 50
Annex A (normative) Survey of type classification codes of non-quantitative data element types
(main class A). 51
Annex B (normative) Short names of entities. 53
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Annex C (normative) Computer interpretable listings .56
Annex D (normative) Value format specification.58
D.1 Notation.58
D.2 Data value format types.60
D.3 Meta-identifier used to define the formats .60
D.4 Quantitative value formats .60
D.4.1 NR1-value format .61
D.4.2 NR2-value format .61
D.4.3 NR3-value format .62
D.4.4 NR4-value format .63
D.5 Non-quantitative value formats .63
D.5.1 Alphabetic Value Format .64
D.5.2 Mixed Characters Value Format.64
D.5.3 Number Value Format .65
D.5.4 Mixed Alphabetic or Numeric Characters Value Format.65
D.5.5 Binary Value Format.66
D.6 Value examples .66
D.7 Characters from ISO/IEC 10646-1.68
Annex E (normative) Information object registration.74
E.1 Document identification.74
E.2 Schema identification.74
E.2.1 ISO13584_IEC61360_dictionary_schema .74
E.2.2 ISO13584_IEC61360_language_resource_schema .74
E.2.3 ISO13584_IEC61360_class_constraint_schema .74
E.2.4 ISO13584_IEC61360_item_class_case_of_schema.75
Annex F (informative) Subset of the common IEC/ISO dictionary schema documented in this part of
ISO 13584 .76
F.1 General .76
F.1.1 Scope and object of the common ISO13584/IEC61360 dictionary model.76
F.1.2 Interoperability of ISO 13584 and IEC 61360 .77
F.2 Overview of the subset of the common ISO13584/IEC61360 dictionary model documented in this
part of ISO 13584.77
F.3 ISO13584_IEC61360_dictionary_schema .78
F.3.1 Introduction of the schema of the schema .78
F.3.1.1 Declaration of the schema .78
F.3.1.2 References to other schemata.78
F.3.2 Constant definitions.79
F.3.3 Identification of a dictionary.80
F.3.4 Basic Semantic Units: defining and using the dictionary .81
F.3.4.1 Requirements for exchange.81
F.3.4.2 Three levels architecture of the dictionary data.81
F.3.4.2.1 Basic_semantic_unit.82
F.3.4.2.2 Dictionary_element.83
F.3.4.2.3 Content_item .85
F.3.4.3 Overview of basic semantic units and dictionary elements .85
F.3.4.4 Identification of dictionary elements: three levels structure .86
F.3.4.5 Extension possibilities for other types of data.86
F.3.4.5.1 Supplier_related_BSU .86
F.3.4.5.2 Class_related_BSU .87
F.3.4.5.3 Supplier_BSU_relationship.87
F.3.4.5.4 Class_BSU_relationship.87
F.3.5 Supplier Data.88
F.3.5.1 Supplier_BSU.88
F.3.5.2 Supplier_element .89
F.3.6 Class Data .89
F.3.6.1 General.89
F.3.6.1.1 Class_BSU .91
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F.3.6.1.2 Class_and_property_elements. 92
F.3.6.1.3 Class . 93
F.3.6.2 Item_class . 97
F.3.6.3 Categorization_class . 98
F.3.7 Data Element Type / properties data. 100
F.3.7.1 Property_BSU. 100
F.3.7.2 Property_DET. 101
F.3.7.3 Condition, dependent and non-dependent Data Element Types. 103
F.3.7.3.1 Condition_DET. 103
F.3.7.3.2 Dependent_P_DET. 103
F.3.7.3.3 Non_dependent_P_DET. 104
F.3.7.4 Class_value_assignment. 104
F.3.8 Domain data: the type system . 105
F.3.8.1 General. 105
F.3.8.1.1 Data_type_BSU . 105
F.3.8.1.2 Data_type_element. 106
F.3.8.2 The type system . 107
F.3.8.2.1 Data_type. 107
F.3.8.2.2 Simple_type . 107
F.3.8.2.3 Number_type . 108
F.3.8.2.4 Int_type . 108
F.3.8.2.5 Int_measure_type . 109
F.3.8.2.6 Int_currency_type . 110
F.3.8.2.7 Non_quantitative_int_type . 110
F.3.8.2.8 Real_type. 111
F.3.8.2.9 Real_measure_type. 111
F.3.8.2.10 Real_currency_type. 113
F.3.8.2.11 Rational_type . 113
F.3.8.2.12 Rational_measure_type. 113
F.3.8.2.13 boolean_type . 115
F.3.8.2.14 String_type. 115
F.3.8.2.15 Translatable_string_type. 115
F.3.8.2.16 Non_translatable_string_type . 116
F.3.8.2.17 URI_type . 116
F.3.8.2.18 Date_time_data_type. 116
F.3.8.2.19 Date_data_type. 117
F.3.8.2.20 Time_data_type . 117
F.3.8.2.21 Non_quantitative_code_type . 118
F.3.8.2.22 Complex_type . 119
F.3.8.2.23 Level_type. 119
F.3.8.2.24 Level. 120
F.3.8.2.25 Class_reference_type. 120
F.3.8.2.26 Entity_instance_type. 121
F.3.8.2.27 Placement_type . 121
F.3.8.2.28 Axis1_placement_type. 122
F.3.8.2.29 Axis2_placement_2d_type. 122
F.3.8.2.30 Axis2_placement_3d_type. 123
F.3.8.2.31 Named_type. 123
F.3.8.3 Values. 123
F.3.8.3.1 Value_domain . 124
F.3.8.3.2 Value_type . 125
F.3.8.3.3 Dic_value . 125
F.3.8.3.4 Administrative_data . 126
F.3.8.3.5 Translation_data . 128
F.3.8.4 Extension to ISO 10303-41 unit definitions . 128
F.3.8.4.1 Non_si_unit . 128
F.3.8.4.2 Assert_ONEOF rule. 129
F.3.8.4.3 Dic_unit . 129
F.3.9 Basic type and entity definitions . 130
F.3.9.1 Basic type definitions. 130
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F.3.9.1.1 Class_code_type .130
F.3.9.1.2 Code_type .130
F.3.9.1.3 Currency_code .131
F.3.9.1.4 Data_type_code_type.131
F.3.9.1.5 Date_type .131
F.3.9.1.6 Definition_type.132
F.3.9.1.7 DET_classification_type .132
F.3.9.1.8 Note_type .132
F.3.9.1.9 Pref_name_type .132
F.3.9.1.10 Property_code_type .133
F.3.9.1.11 Remark_type .133
F.3.9.1.12 Hierarchical_position_type .133
F.3.9.1.13 Revision_type .134
F.3.9.1.14 Short_name_type .134
F.3.9.1.15 Supplier_code_type.134
F.3.9.1.16 Syn_name_type.135
F.3.9.1.17 Keyword_type.135
F.3.9.1.18 ISO_29002_IRDI_type .135
F.3.9.1.19 Constraint_identifier.136
F.3.9.1.20 Dic_unit_identifier .136
F.3.9.1.21 Dic_value_identifier .137
F.3.9.1.22 Value_code_type.137
F.3.9.1.23 Value_format_type .137
F.3.9.1.24 Version_type.138
F.3.9.1.25 Status_type.138
F.3.9.1.26 Dictionary_code_type .139
F.3.9.2 Basic entity definitions.139
F.3.9.2.1 Dates .139
F.3.9.2.2 Document .139
F.3.9.2.3 Graphics .140
F.3.9.2.4 External_graphics.140
F.3.9.2.5 Graphic_files.140
F.3.9.2.6 Identified_document .141
F.3.9.2.7 Item_names.141
F.3.9.2.8 Label_with_language.143
F.3.9.2.9 Mathematical_string .143
F.3.10 Function definitions.143
F.3.10.1 Acyclic_superclass_relationship function .143
F.3.10.2 Check_syn_length function.144
F.3.10.3 Codes_are_unique function.144
F.3.10.4 Definition_available_implies function.145
F.3.10.5 Is_subclass function.146
F.3.10.6 String_for_derived_unit function .146
F.3.10.7 String_for_named_unit function.148
F.3.10.8 String_for_SI_unit function.149
F.3.10.9 String_for_unit function .150
F.3.10.10 All_class_descriptions_reachable function.151
F.3.10.11 Compute_known_visible_properties function .151
F.3.10.12 Compute_known_visible_data_types function.152
F.3.10.13 Compute_known_applicable_properties function.153
F.3.10.14 Compute_known_applicable_data_types function .154
F.3.10.15 List_to_set function .155
F.3.10.16 Check_properties_applicability function .155
F.3.10.17 Check_datatypes_applicability function.156
F.3.10.18 One_language_per_translation function.156
F.3.10.19 Allowed_values_integer_types function.157
F.3.10.20 Is_class_valued_property function.157
F.3.10.21 Class_value_assigned function .158
F.4 ISO13584_IEC61360_language_resource_schema.159
F.4.1 ISO13584_IEC61360_language_resource_schema type and entity definitions .160
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F.4.1.1 Language_code. 160
F.4.1.2 Global_language_assignment. 161
F.4.1.3 Present_translations. 161
F.4.1.4 Translatable_label . 162
F.4.1.5 Translated_label. 162
F.4.1.6 Translatable_text. 162
F.4.1.7 Translated_text. 163
F.4.2 ISO13584_IEC61360_language_resource_schema function definitions. 163
F.4.2.1 Check_label_length function . 163
F.4.3 ISO13584_IEC61360_language_resource_schema rule definition . 164
F.5 ISO13584_IEC61360_class_constraint_schema . 164
F.5.1 Introduction to the ISO13584_IEC61360_class_constraint_schema. 165
F.5.2 ISO13584_IEC61360_class_constraint_schema entity definitions. 166
F.5.2.1 Constraint . 166
F.5.2.2 Property_constraint . 166
F.5.2.3 Class_constraint. 167
F.5.2.4 Configuration_control_constraint . 167
F.5.2.5 Filter. 168
F.5.2.6 Integrity_constraint . 169
F.5.2.7 Context_restriction_constraint. 169
F.5.2.8 Domain_constraint . 170
F.5.2.9 Subclass_constraint . 170
F.5.2.10 Entity_subtype_constraint . 171
F.5.2.11 Enumeration_constraint . 171
F.5.2.12 Range_constraint . 172
F.5.2.13 String_size_constraint . 173
F.5.2.14 String_pattern_constraint . 174
F.5.2.15 Cardinality_constraint. 175
F.5.3 ISO13584_IEC61360_class_constraint_schema type definitions. 175
F.5.3.1 Constraint_or_constraint_id . 175
F.5.4 ISO13584_IEC61360_class_constraint_schema function definition. 175
F.5.4.1 Integer_values_in_range function . 176
F.5.4.2 Correct_precondition function . 176
F.5.4.3 Correct_constraint_type function . 177
F.5.4.4 Compatible_data_type_and_value function. 180
F.5.5 ISO13584_IEC61360_class_constraint_schema rule definition . 183
F.5.5.1 Unique_constraint_id. 183
F.6 ISO13584_IEC61360_item_class_case_of_schema . 184
F.6.1 Introduction to the ISO13584_IEC61360_item_class_case_of_schema. 185
F.6.2 ISO13584_IEC61360_item_class_case_of_schema entity definitions. 185
F.6.2.1 A priori semantic relationship . 185
F.6.2.2 Item_class_case_of. 187
F.6.3 ISO13584_IEC61360_item_class_case_of_schema function definitions. 190
F.6.3.1 Compute_known_property_constraints function . 190
F.6.3.2 Compute_known_referenced_property_constraints function. 191
F.6.3.3 Superclass_of_item_is_item function. 192
F.6.3.4 Check_is_case_of_referenced_classes_definition function . 192
F.6.4 ISO13584_IEC61360_item_class_case_of_schema rule definitions. 193
F.6.4.1 Imported_properties_are_visible_or_applicable_rule rule . 193
F.6.4.2 Imported_data_types_are_visible_or_applicable_rule rule . 194
F.6.4.3 Allowed_named_type_usage_rule rule. 194
F.7 Example of physical file. 195
F.7.1 File Header . 195
F.7.2 Supplier data. 195
F.7.3 Root class data . 195
F.7.4 Material data . 196
F.7.5 Component data . 197
F.7.6 Electric / electronic component data. 198
Annex G (informative) Survey of main classes and categories of properties. 200
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Annex H (informative) Survey of type classification codes of quantitative data element types .201
Annex I (informative) EXPRESS-G diagrams .208
Annex J (informative) Partial dictionaries.219
Annex K (informative) Information to support implementations .220
Bibliography.221
Index .
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