1 Scope
This document specifies a vocabulary for industrial data that defines generic terms
for things that exist in more than one
industrial domain.
The following are within the scope of this document:
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— definition of terms for generic types of industrial thing;
EXAMPLE 1
Definitions of the terms “material object”, “artefact” and “product” are within the vocabulary. -
— definition of terms relevant to assemblies, systems and their breakdown structures;
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— definition of terms relevant to activities and participation in activities;
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— definition of terms relevant to positions and roles in organizations;
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— definition of terms relevant to behaviour, capability and function;
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— definition of terms relevant to state and condition;
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— definition of terms relevant to specifications, designs and plans;
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— definition of terms relevant to versions, alternatives and configurations for specifications, designs and plans;
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— definition of terms relevant to signals and other carriers of information and to devices that process signals and information;
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— definition of terms relevant to physical quantities and properties.
The following are outside the scope of this document:
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— definition of terms that are relevant to data themselves, rather than the things that data are about;
EXAMPLE 2
Definitions of the terms “data” and “information” are not within the vocabulary. -
— definition of terms that are relevant to representations.
EXAMPLE 3
Definitions of the terms “representation” and “model” are not within the vocabulary.