ISO 10303-239

This document specifies the application protocol for Product life cycle support. The following are within the scope of this document: information for defining a complex product and its support solution; information required to maintain a complex product; information required for through life configuration change management of a product and its support solution; the representation of product structures, assemblies and breakdowns including: the identification and representation of parts, their versions, definitions, and documentation and management information, such as dates and approvals assigned to parts; the representation of multiple product structure views; the representation of functional, physical, system and zonal breakdown of the product structure, from system via subsystems or components to end items; the representation of the shape of an assembly as the composition of the shape representation of its components; the identification of positions within an assembly of parts to which component parts may be attached; the association of valued properties to a part or to an assembly; the representation of interfaces between products; the classification of parts, documents and assemblies. the representation of a product through life including: the representation of product requirements and their fulfilment; the representation of existing or potential future products; the identification of the configuration of a product for a given role; the specification of effectivity constraints applied to configuration of a product; the representation of predicted and observed states of products. the specification and planning of activities for a product including: the specification of tasks to be performed on a product; the representation of conditions for performing the tasks, including the resources required and the location of the resources and product; the representation of the type of person and skills required for performing a task; the representation of planning and scheduling of the tasks and the management and authorization of the subsequent work. the representation of the activity history of a product including: the recording of the usage of a product and the resource usage; the recording of the activities performed on a product and the resource usage. the representation of the product history including: a historical record of the states of a product; a historical record of the configuration status of the product; the location of product data; the observation of product data.