VEC Implementation Guidelines
The VDA recommendation 4968 “Vehicle Electric Container (VEC)” defines an information model, a data dictionary, and an XML schema derived from and compliant to the model.The intention of the model was to cover a wide range of use cases and application scenarios. For this reason the specification had to be kept generic in some degree and in some aspects. However, for specific scenarios and / or use cases a more detailed description on “how the different pieces fit together” is possible.
To avoid dialects in the different VEC implementations, further guidelines or recommendations are necessary. This collection of implementation guidelines contributes to the unambiguous interpretation of the VEC standard. For various wiring harness definition or electrical system aspects and scenarios the correct instantiation is shown and specific hints for correct usage are given.
Contributing and Proposals
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Currently Under Review
The following table contains pages currently under review.| Title | Latest Content Addition / Commit | Created | Changed |
| Instances of Components | KBLFRM-945: Clarification of the application of PartUsages & PartOccurrences Latest Commit: Improved description of connections between PartUsage, PartOrUsageRelatedSpecifications and Roles (Review Comment). |
2022-10-07 | 2022-10-26 |
| Description of Components Types | KBLFRM-1038: New Implementation Guideline for PartUsages & PartOccurences Latest Commit: KBLFRM-984, KBLFRM-945, KBLFRM-931, KBLFRM-994, KBLFRM-1038: Resolved multiple requests in the area of Component Description & Instances and made refactoring to the whole structure. |
2022-09-01 | 2022-10-21 |
| Product Definition of a Harness | KBLFRM-1038: New Implementation Guideline for PartUsages & PartOccurences Latest Commit: KBLFRM-984, KBLFRM-945, KBLFRM-931, KBLFRM-994, KBLFRM-1038: Resolved multiple requests in the area of Component Description & Instances and made refactoring to the whole structure. |
2022-09-01 | 2022-10-21 |
| Composite Parts | KBLFRM-1059: Harness & Configurations in the VEC Latest Commit: KBLFRM-984, KBLFRM-945, KBLFRM-931, KBLFRM-994, KBLFRM-1038: Resolved multiple requests in the area of Component Description & Instances and made refactoring to the whole structure. |
2021-03-01 | 2022-10-21 |
| Component Description | KBLFRM-931: Clarification of the Minimum Content of DocumentVersions for Part Master Data. Latest Commit: KBLFRM-984, KBLFRM-945, KBLFRM-931, KBLFRM-994, KBLFRM-1038: Resolved multiple requests in the area of Component Description & Instances and made refactoring to the whole structure. |
2022-09-12 | 2022-10-21 |
| External References | KBLFRM-1046: Added Guideline for External References Latest Commit: KBLFRM-1060: added some additional remarks to "General Structure" and "External References". |
2022-08-25 | 2022-09-16 |
| Expected Behaviour of VEC Interfaces | KBLFRM-946: Added Guideline for Import- / Export-Behaviour Latest Commit: Incorporation of additional review comments. |
2022-07-29 | 2022-08-24 |
| Change Tracking of Document Versions | KBLFRM-1007: Implementation Guideline for Modification-Tracking & Versioning Latest Commit: Incorporation of additional review comments. |
2022-07-29 | 2022-08-24 |
Latest Changes
The following table contains lately changed pages, sorted descending by last change.| Title | Latest Content Addition / Commit | Created | Changed |
| Instances of Components | KBLFRM-945: Clarification of the application of PartUsages & PartOccurrences Latest Commit: Improved description of connections between PartUsage, PartOrUsageRelatedSpecifications and Roles (Review Comment). |
2022-10-07 | 2022-10-26 |
| Coupling Devices | KBLFRM-600: Improved Implementation Guideline for coupling devices (and extracted to a separate page) Latest Commit: Removed review markers. |
2022-02-09 | 2022-10-21 |
| Wiring | KBLFRM-896: Add description for traceability to System Schematic Connections for directly mated E/E Components Latest Commit: Removed review markers. |
2019-03-07 | 2022-10-21 |
| System Schematic | KBLFRM-1135: Added Implementation Guideline for explicit potential distributors in the schematic context Latest Commit: Removed review markers. |
2019-03-11 | 2022-10-21 |
| Tailoring Mechanisms | KBLFRM-1057: Included Tailoring Concept for custom XSD 1.1 Assertions Latest Commit: Removed review markers. |
2020-10-21 | 2022-10-21 |
| General Structure of VEC Files & Documents | KBLFRM-996: Integrated Review Comments for the whole page Latest Commit: KBLFRM-984, KBLFRM-945, KBLFRM-931, KBLFRM-994, KBLFRM-1038: Resolved multiple requests in the area of Component Description & Instances and made refactoring to the whole structure. |
2020-06-22 | 2022-10-21 |
| Pinning | Latest Commit: KBLFRM-984, KBLFRM-945, KBLFRM-931, KBLFRM-994, KBLFRM-1038: Resolved multiple requests in the area of Component Description & Instances and made refactoring to the whole structure. | 2019-03-11 | 2022-10-21 |
| Component Boxes | Latest Commit: KBLFRM-984, KBLFRM-945, KBLFRM-931, KBLFRM-994, KBLFRM-1038: Resolved multiple requests in the area of Component Description & Instances and made refactoring to the whole structure. | 2019-03-11 | 2022-10-21 |
| ECUs, EE-Components and Component Boxes | Latest Commit: KBLFRM-984, KBLFRM-945, KBLFRM-931, KBLFRM-994, KBLFRM-1038: Resolved multiple requests in the area of Component Description & Instances and made refactoring to the whole structure. | 2019-05-05 | 2022-10-21 |
| Relays | Latest Commit: KBLFRM-984, KBLFRM-945, KBLFRM-931, KBLFRM-994, KBLFRM-1038: Resolved multiple requests in the area of Component Description & Instances and made refactoring to the whole structure. | 2018-11-29 | 2022-10-21 |