DocumentVersion

DocumentVersion

A DocumentVersion is a unique identifier for a piece of information in a company context. The DocumentVersion is one of the three anchors for PDM information in the VEC. All …

External Mapping

External Mapping The diagram displays the extensions in the VEC Modell necessary to support a mapping to external sources. The extension consists of two classes …

Installation Instructions

Installation Instructions Basis for the definition of installation instructions is the abstract class Instruction which allows instructions to be specified as …

Conformance to Requirements

Conformance to Requirements During the life cycle of a given PartVersion manifold situations are existing, where the conformance of that PartVersion to a set of requirements must …

Description of Parts

Description of Parts In traditional data formats the diverse types of parts (e.g. connector housing, terminal, wire) are differentiated with individual subclasses for each type …

Item Equivalence

Item Equivalence ItemVersions (DocumentVersions and PartVersions) are company specific keys / identifiers for a part (component) or a piece of information. However, this also …

Lifecycle Information

Lifecycle Information An ItemVersion can carry information about the creation of the item. This means the creating timestamp and an optionally information regarding the creator or …

VEC-Root

VEC-Root The diagram above defines the class VecContent which is intended to be regarded as the top-level root element for VEC documents. It is the declared entry point to the …

Assignment Group

Assignment Group An AssignmentGroup is a concept that allows the clustering of arbitrary elements in ways that are orthogonal to hierarchical and semantic structure of the VEC. …

Parts, Documents and Resources

Parts, Documents and Resources DocumentVersion, PartVersion and ResourceVersion are representing one of the most fundamental key concepts of the VEC. They are the only classes in …