ISO 10303-41:2005

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 10303-41
Third edition
2005-11-01
Industrial automation systems and
integration — Product data
representation and exchange —
Part 41:
Integrated generic resource:
Fundamentals of product description and
support
Systèmes d'automatisation industrielle et intégration — Représentation
et échange de données de produits —
Partie 41: Ressources génériques intégrées: Principes de description et
de support de produits
Reference number
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ISO 2005
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Contents page
1 Scope.1
1.1 Generic product description resources.1
1.2 Generic management resources .2
1.3 Support resources .2
2 Normative references .3
3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviations .3
3.1 Terms defined in ISO 10303-1 .3
3.2 Terms defined in ISO 8601 .4
3.3 Other terms and definitions .5
3.4 Abbreviations .6
4 Application context.6
4.1 Introduction .7
4.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .7
4.3 Application context entity definitions.7
4.3.1 application_context .7
4.3.2 application_context_element.9
4.3.3 application_context_relationship.9
4.3.4 application_protocol_definition .10
4.3.5 library_context .11
4.3.6 product_concept_context .11
4.3.7 product_context.12
4.3.8 product_definition_context .12
5 Product definition.13
5.1 Introduction .14
5.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .14
5.3 Product definition type definition .16
5.3.1 source .16
5.4 Product definition entity definitions .16
5.4.1 product .16
5.4.2 product_category.17
5.4.3 product_category_relationship .18
5.4.4 product_definition.20
5.4.5 product_definition_context_association.21
5.4.6 product_definition_context_role .22
5.4.7 product_definition_effectivity.22
5.4.8 product_definition_formation .23
5.4.9 product_definition_formation_relationship.24
5.4.10 product_definition_formation_with_specified_source.25
5.4.11 product_definition_relationship.25
5.4.12 product_definition_substitute .27
5.4.13 product_definition_with_associated_documents .28
5.4.14 product_related_product_category.28
5.4.15 product_relationship .29
5.5 Product definition function definitions .30
5.5.1 acyclic_product_category_relationship .30
5.5.2 acyclic_product_definition_formation_relationship.30
5.5.3 acyclic_product_definition_relationship .32
5.5.4 acyclic_product_relationship.33
5.5.5 get_product_definitions.34
6 Product property definition .34

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6.1 Introduction .35
6.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .35
6.3 Product property definition type definitions .36
6.3.1 characterized_definition .36
6.3.2 characterized_product_definition.36
6.3.3 derived_property_select .37
6.3.4 shape_definition .37
6.4 Product property definition entity definitions .37
6.4.1 characterized_object.37
6.4.2 characterized_object_relationship .38
6.4.3 general_property.39
6.4.4 general_property_association .40
6.4.5 general_property_relationship.40
6.4.6 product_definition_shape.41
6.4.7 property_definition.42
6.4.8 shape_aspect.43
6.4.9 shape_aspect_relationship.44
6.5 Product property definition function definitions.46
6.5.1 acyclic_characterized_object_relationship .46
6.5.2 acyclic_general_property_relationship.47
6.5.3 acyclic_shape_aspect_relationship.48
6.5.4 get_shape_aspects .49
7 Product property representation .50
7.1 Introduction .51
7.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .51
7.3 Product property representation type definition.51
7.3.1 represented_definition.51
7.4 Product property representation entity definitions .52
7.4.1 context_dependent_shape_representation .52
7.4.2 item_identified_representation_usage.53
7.4.3 property_definition_representation .54
7.4.4 shape_definition_representation.55
7.4.5 shape_representation .56
7.4.6 shape_representation_relationship .56
7.5 Product property representation function definitions.56
7.5.1 relatives_of_product_definitions.56
7.5.2 relatives_of_shape_representations.57
7.5.3 get_property_definition_representations .58
8 Management resources.59
8.1 Introduction .61
8.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .61
8.3 Management resources type definition .61
8.3.1 attribute_type.61
8.4 Management resources entity definitions.61
8.4.1 action_assignment .61
8.4.2 action_method_assignment .62
8.4.3 action_method_role.63
8.4.4 action_request_assignment.63
8.4.5 approval_assignment.64
8.4.6 attribute_classification_assignment.65
8.4.7 attribute_value_assignment.65
8.4.8 attribute_value_role.66
8.4.9 certification_assignment.66
8.4.10 classification_assignment.67

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8.4.11 classification_role .68
8.4.12 contract_assignment.68
8.4.13 date_and_time_assignment .69
8.4.14 date_assignment.69
8.4.15 document_reference.70
8.4.16 document_usage_constraint_assignment .71
8.4.17 document_usage_role .71
8.4.18 effectivity_assignment .72
8.4.19 effectivity_context_assignment.72
8.4.20 effectivity_context_role .73
8.4.21 event_occurrence_assignment.73
8.4.22 event_occurrence_context_assignment.74
8.4.23 experience_assignment .74
8.4.24 experience_role.75
8.4.25 experience_type_assignment.75
8.4.26 experience_type_role .76
8.4.27 external_identification_assignment.76
8.4.28 external_referent_assignment .77
8.4.29 group_assignment .78
8.4.30 identification_assignment .78
8.4.31 identification_assignment_relationship.79
8.4.32 identification_role.80
8.4.33 library_assignment.80
8.4.34 location_assignment.81
8.4.35 location_representation_assignment .81
8.4.36 location_representation_role.82
8.4.37 location_role .82
8.4.38 name_assignment.83
8.4.39 organization_assignment.83
8.4.40 organization_type_assignment.84
8.4.41 organization_type_role.85
8.4.42 organizational_project_assignment.85
8.4.43 organizational_project_role .85
8.4.44 person_and_organization_assignment .86
8.4.45 person_assignment.86
8.4.46 person_type_assignment .87
8.4.47 person_type_definition_assignment.88
8.4.48 person_type_definition_role .88
8.4.49 person_type_role.89
8.4.50 position_in_organization_assignment.89
8.4.51 position_in_organization_role .90
8.4.52 position_in_organization_type_assignment .90
8.4.53 position_in_organization_type_role.91
8.4.54 qualification_assignment .91
8.4.55 qualification_role.92
8.4.56 qualification_type_assignment.92
8.4.57 qualification_type_role .93
8.4.58 security_classification_assignment .93
8.4.59 time_assignment .94
8.4.60 time_interval_assignment .95
8.5 Management resources function definition.95
8.5.1 acyclic_identification_assignment_relationship .95
9 Document.96
9.1 Introduction .97

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9.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .97
9.3 Document type definition .97
9.3.1 product_or_formation_or_definition.97
9.4 Document entity definitions.98
9.4.1 document.98
9.4.2 document_product_association .99
9.4.3 document_relationship .99
9.4.4 document_representation_type.100
9.4.5 document_type .101
9.4.6 document_usage_constraint .101
9.4.7 document_with_class .102
9.5 Document function definition.102
9.5.1 acyclic_document_relationship .102
10 Action.103
10.1 Introduction.104
10.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .104
10.3 Action type definition .104
10.3.1 supported_item .104
10.4 Action entity definitions.105
10.4.1 action .105
10.4.2 action_directive.106
10.4.3 action_method.107
10.4.4 action_method_relationship.107
10.4.5 action_relationship.108
10.4.6 action_request_solution .109
10.4.7 action_request_status .110
10.4.8 action_resource .110
10.4.9 action_resource_relationship .111
10.4.10 action_resource_type .111
10.4.11 action_status .112
10.4.12 directed_action.112
10.4.13 executed_action .113
10.4.14 versioned_action_request.113
10.4.15 versioned_action_request_relationship .114
10.5 Action function definitions .115
10.5.1 acyclic_action_method_relationship.115
10.5.2 acyclic_action_relationship.116
10.5.3 acyclic_action_resource_relationship .117
10.5.4 acyclic_versioned_action_request_relationship .118
11 Certification .119
11.1 Introduction.119
11.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .120
11.3 Certification entity definitions .120
11.3.1 certification .120
11.3.2 certification_type .120
12 Approval .121
12.1 Introduction.122
12.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .122
12.3 Approval entity definitions .122
12.3.1 approval .122
12.3.2 approval_date_time.122
12.3.3 approval_person_organization .123
12.3.4 approval_relationship.124
12.3.5 approval_role .124

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12.3.6 approval_status .125
12.4 Approval function definition.126
12.4.1 acyclic_approval_relationship.126
13 Contract.127
13.1 Introduction.127
13.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .127
13.3 Contract entity definitions.127
13.3.1 contract .127
13.3.2 contract_relationship.128
13.3.3 contract_type.129
13.4 Contract function definition.129
13.4.1 acyclic_contract_relationship.129
14 Security classification.130
14.1 Introduction.131
14.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .131
14.3 Security classification entity definitions.131
14.3.1 security_classification.131
14.3.2 security_classification_level .132
15 Person organization.132
15.1 Introduction.133
15.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .133
15.3 Person organization type definition:.133
15.3.1 person_organization_select.133
15.4 Person organization entity definitions.134
15.4.1 address .134
15.4.2 organization .135
15.4.3 organization_relationship.136
15.4.4 organization_role .137
15.4.5 organization_type.137
15.4.6 organization_type_relationship .138
15.4.7 organizational_address.139
15.4.8 organizational_project.139
15.4.9 organizational_project_relationship.140
15.4.10 person .141
15.4.11 person_and_organization .142
15.4.12 person_and_organization_role.143
15.4.13 person_role .143
15.4.14 person_type.144
15.4.15 person_type_definition .145
15.4.16 person_type_definition_formation.145
15.4.17 person_type_definition_relationship.146
15.4.18 personal_address.146
15.4.19 position_in_organization.147
15.4.20 position_in_organization_relationship.147
15.4.21 position_in_organization_type.148
15.5 Person organization function definitions.149
15.5.1 acyclic_organization_relationship.149
15.5.2 acyclic_organization_type_relationship .150
15.5.3 acyclic_organizational_project_relationship.151
15.5.4 acyclic_person_type_definition_relationship.152
15.5.5 acyclic_position_in_organization_relationship.153
16 Date time.154
16.1 Introduction.154
16.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .155

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16.3 Date time type definitions .155
16.3.1 ahead_or_behind.155
16.3.2 date_time_or_event_occurrence .155
16.3.3 date_time_select.155
16.3.4 day_in_month_number .156
16.3.5 day_in_week_number.156
16.3.6 day_in_year_number.156
16.3.7 hour_in_day.157
16.3.8 minute_in_hour.157
16.3.9 month_in_year_number .157
16.3.10 second_in_minute.158
16.3.11 week_in_year_number.158
16.3.12 year_number .159
16.4 Date time entity definitions.159
16.4.1 calendar_date .159
16.4.2 coordinated_universal_time_offset .160
16.4.3 date .161
16.4.4 date_and_time.161
16.4.5 date_role .161
16.4.6 date_time_role .162
16.4.7 event_occurrence .163
16.4.8 event_occurrence_context_role.163
16.4.9 event_occurrence_relationship.164
16.4.10 event_occurrence_role .165
16.4.11 local_time .165
16.4.12 ordinal_date .166
16.4.13 relative_event_occurrence .166
16.4.14 time_interval .167
16.4.15 time_interval_relationship .167
16.4.16 time_interval_role.168
16.4.17 time_interval_with_bounds.169
16.4.18 time_role.169
16.4.19 week_of_year_and_day_date.170
16.5 Date time function definitions.171
16.5.1 acyclic_event_occurrence_relationship.171
16.5.2 acyclic_time_interval_relationship .172
16.5.3 leap_year.173
16.5.4 valid_calendar_date .173
16.5.5 valid_time .174
17 Group .175
17.1 Introduction.175
17.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .175
17.3 Group entity definitions .175
17.3.1 group.175
17.3.2 group_relationship .176
17.4 Group function definition .177
17.4.1 acyclic_group_relationship .177
18 Effectivity.178
18.1 Introduction.179
18.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .179
18.3 Effectivity entity definitions.180
18.3.1 dated_effectivity .180
18.3.2 effectivity.180
18.3.3 effectivity_relationship .181

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18.3.4 lot_effectivity.182
18.3.5 serial_numbered_effectivity.182
18.3.6 time_interval_based_effectivity.183
18.4 Effectivity function definition.183
18.4.1 acyclic_effectivity_relationship .183
19 External reference .184
19.1 Introduction.185
19.2 Fundamental concepts and assumptions .185
19.3 External reference type definitions .185
19.3.1 message.185
19.3.2 source_item.186
19.4 External reference entity definiti
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