Release notes

Current release: 0.4

Release: 0.5 (2007-03-31)

NSN

NSNs are now represented by the template representing_resource_item_realization as opposed to assigning_reference_data

Positions on aircraft

The position on which assets are fitted to aircraft are now represented by positions in breakdown structures, rather than Strings on a next assembly usage.

Issues

A number of issues have been addressed

Templates

EXPRESS

The following templates

The following entities have been added to the schema

• Activity_method_realization
• Affected_items_assignment
• Decreasing_resource_event
• Increasing_resource_event
• Managed_resource
• Observation_consequence
• Resource_event
• Entity: Address
  identified in C019, C093, C036, C095, C094, C077, C078, C014, C032, C083, C027
  not required?, only using organization and its maintenance level rather than its address(assigning_organization)
• Entity: Address_assignment
  identified in C094,
  - see address
• Entity: Address_based_location_representation
  identified in C027
  - see address
• Entity: Applied_activity_method_assignment
  identified in C032, C052
  Required
• Entity: Approval_relationship
  identified in C019
  Required
• Entity: Approving_person_organization
  identified in C019, C094
  Required
• Entity: Document_version
  identified in C095, C052
  Required
• Entity: Numerical_item_with_global_unit
  identified in C079 possibly required
  
• Entity: Product_version_relationship
  identified in C002
  Not required
• Entity: Required_resource
  identified in C077, C078, C032, C052, C085
  possibly required
• Entity: Required_resource_assignment
  identified in C077, C032, C052, C085
  possibly required
• Entity: Required_resource_by_resource_item
  identified in C052
  possibly required
• Entity: Required_resource_by_specification
  identified in C052
  required
• Entity: Resource_as_realized_relationship
  identified in C085
  Not required, although maybe should be
• Entity: Resource_event_correspondence_relationship
  identified in C085
  Not required
• Entity: Resource_event_relationship
  identified in C052, C085
  Not required
• Entity: Resource_group_relationship C052, C085
  Not required
• Entity: Resource_item_assignment C077, C052, C085
  Required
• Entity: Resource_item_relationship C052, C085
  possibly required
• Entity: Resource_property C077, C076, C010, C078, C079, C080, C052
  possibly required
• Entity: Resource_property_representation C076, C078, C079, C080
  possibly required
• Entity: State_relationship C041
  Required

Deprecated EXPRESS entities

The DEX long form schemas are now generated from the templates used by the DEX. Hence, the following entities have been removed from the schema as they are not used by any templates.

• Entity: Activity_method_relationship
  identified in C077, C032,
  Not required, relating task or activity methods to each other is out of scope of the DEX
• Entity: Activity_status
  This should not be used as the status of activity being performed replaced by assigning_asserted_state See representing_activity_actual for an example.
• Entity: Alternate_part_relationship
  identified in C002, C003, Not required - not used
  
• Entity: Alternate_product_relationship
  identified in C002, C003, Not required - not used
  
• Entity: Amount_of_substance_unit
  identified in C079
  Not required as the unit types are defined in the reference data.
• Entity: And_state_cause_effect_definition
  identified in C041, C007
  Not required as the DEX refers to states, it does not define states
• Entity: Assembly_relationship_substitution
  identified in C003, C002
  Not required - design information
• Entity: Component_upper_level_identification
  identified in C003, C002
  Not required as breakdowns are used for locations
• Entity: Composition_of_state
  identified in C041, C007
  Not required as the DEX refers to states, it does not define states
• Entity: Composition_of_state_definition
  identified in C041, C007
  Not required as the DEX refers to states, it does not define states
• Entity: Context_dependent_unit
  identified in C079
  Not required as only the unit should be used - not its subtypes
• Entity: Defined_state_relationship
  identified in C085
  Not required as the DEX refers to states, it does not define states
• Entity: Derived_unit
  
  Not required as only the unit should be used - not its subtypes
• Entity: Derived_unit_element
  
  Not required as only the unit should be used - not its subtypes
• Entity: Electric_current_unit
  identified in C079
  Not required as the unit types are defined in the reference data.
• Entity: Envelope
  identified in C014, C002
  Not required as just a message is used
• Entity: Envelope_relationship
  identified in C014
  Not required as just a message is used
• Entity: Global_location_representation
  identified in C027
  Not required
• Entity: Length_unit
  identified in C079
  Not required as the unit types are defined in the reference data.
• Entity: Location_relationship C027
  Not required
• Entity: Lot_effectivity
  identified in C006
  Required
• Entity: Luminous_intensity_unit
  identified in C079
  Not required as the unit types are defined in the reference data.
• Entity: Make_from_relationship
  identified in C003, C002
  Not required; design information
• Entity: Managed_resource_relationship
  identified in C085
  Not required
• Entity: Mass_unit
  C079
  Not required as the unit types are defined in the reference data.
• Entity: Or_state_cause_effect_definition
  identified in C041, C007
  Not required as the DEX refers to states, it does not define states
• Entity: Organization_based_location_representation
  identified in C027
  Not required
• Entity: Organization_relationship
  identified in C094, C027
  Not required
• Entity: Organizational_location_identification
  identified in C027
  Not required
• Entity: Plane_angle_unit C079
  Not required as the unit types are defined in the reference data.
• Entity: Product_as_planned
  identified in C003, C002, C045
  Not required as DEX only reports on actual products
• Entity: Product_based_location_identification
  identified in C027
  Not required
• Entity: Product_category_hierarchy
  identified in C003, C002
  Not required
• Entity: Product_design_version_to_individual
  identified in C045
  Not required. Not part of the template representing_product_as_realized
• Entity: Product_planned_to_realized
  identified in C045
  Required
• Entity: Ratio_unit
  Not required as the unit types are defined in the reference data.
• Entity: Regional_coordinate
  identified in C027
  Not required
• Entity: Regional_grid_location_representation
  identified in C027 Not required
  
• Entity: Selected_item
  C002, C006/ Not required
• Entity: Selected_item_assignment C006
  Not required
• Entity: Sequence_of_state C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: Sequence_of_state_definition C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: Serial_effectivity C006
  Not required - not used
• Entity: Solid_angle_unit C079
  Not required as the unit types are defined in the reference data.
• Entity: State_cause_effect C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: State_cause_effect_definition C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: State_complement_definition C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: State_definition_relationship C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: State_definition_role C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: State_predicted C014, C041
  Not required
• Entity: State_predicted_to_observed C014, C041
  Not required
• Entity: State_proper_subset_definition C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: State_subset_definition C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: State_symptom_definition C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: State_transition C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: State_transition_definition C041, C007
  Not required - not used
• Entity: String_representation_item C095, C079, C080, C077, C076, C078,
  Required
• Entity: Supplied_part_relationship C002
  Not required
• Entity: Thermodynamic_temperature_unit C079
  Not required as the unit types are defined in the reference data.
• Entity: Time_interval C006
  possibly could be required
• Entity: Time_interval_effectivity C006
  possibly could be required
• Entity: Time_interval_relationship C006
  possibly could be required
• Entity: Time_interval_with_bounds C006
  possibly could be required
• Entity: Time_unit
  C079
  Not required as the unit types are defined in the reference data.
• Entity: Xor_state_cause_effect_definition C041, C007
  Not required - not used

Release: 0.4 (2007-03-31) (current release)

General

• Extended to accommodate processes other than just the DA2410;
• Updated to use the latest revisions of the templates and capabilities;
• Extensive use of templates;
• Improved the documentation;
• Introduction now includes more details as to what a DEX is and how it is structured – this is proposed to be boilerplate for all DEXs.

Scope

Provided more detail in scope

extended the scope to cover:

• reference and representation of work orders - authority to do work;
• reference to tasks;
• representations of symptoms using observation;
• Aircraft usage report

Information model

• State business information as UML scoping model
• Show PLCS representation using templates
• Uses message

• Uses some extensions to AP239

  • Raised as issues and proposed technical corrigendum to ISO 10303-239;
  • New entities in Message, Observation;
  • Corrected some selects to allow assignments.
• Revised some documentation of templates
• Assigning_reference_data can be used instead of assigning_codes
• Assigning_business_specific_reference_data deprecated
• Intended to use harmonized reference data - has not happened yet
• Long form / XSD will be generated from the templates not capabilities

Release: 0.3 (2005-12-09)

• Updated the XML Schema.
• The 2410 business DEX has been updated

Release: 0.2 (2005-12-04)

Release: 0.1 (2005-12-04)