ISO 10303-41:2000

This part of ISO 10303 specifies the following:

• generic product description resources;
• generic management resources;
• support resources.

The schemas that are specified in this part of ISO 10303 are organized according to these subdivisions.

Generic product description resources

This subdivision of ISO 10303-41 specifies the resource constructs for the high level structure for the representation of products and their properties. It also specifies ISO 10303 integrated resources for the description of generic aspects of product usage, categorization of products and associations between products.

The following are within the scope of this subdivision:

• the identification of a product;
• the categorization of a product;
• the characterization of a product in one or more application contexts;
• the definition of relationships among products;
• the identification of the properties of a product or of a portion of a product;
• the identification of a representation of a property;

EXAMPLE A 3D geometric model or a table of numerical values are different representations of properties of a product.

• the description of the application context for which product data is defined.

Generic management resources

This subdivision of ISO 10303-41 specifies the resource constructs to associate administrative data with product data.

The following are within the scope of this subdivision:

• the structure for associating product data with related administrative data.

Support resources

This section of ISO 10303-41 specifies the resource constructs for administrative data, physical quantities and their units, and basic data types.

The identification and description of the following are within the scope of this subdivision:

• the identification of documents;
• the actions, action requests, and the status of actions;
• the certification, approvals, security classifications, and effectivities;
• the contracts;
• the people and organizations;
• the specification of dates and times;
• the provision of mechanisms for grouping items and referring to information that is defined outside an exchange;
• the physical quantities and their units.
• the provision of mechanisms to define values for id, name, description and role attributes.