ISO 10303-239:2012

ISO 10303-239:2012 specifies the application protocol for Product life cycle support.
The following are within the scope of ISO 10303-239:2012:
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.