Introduction

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Historically, STEP has been concerned with people or organizations in roles such as "approver" or "design owner", that is, with particular people and organizations involved in the historical record. For the purposes of maintaining systems, however, it is necessary to specify the type of people needed to do a particular job. Such people may be described in terms of their abilities (an electrician), their qualifications (approved gas fitter), their experience (400 flying hours) or their position in an organization (certification authority representative).

Guidance on the use of Person and Organization is provided by the PDM Schema Usage guide. The sections below consider each additional capability in turn. Note that certification is outside the scope of this capability. Qualification is used exclusively as referring to people.