DocumentVersion

Note: There is a newer version of this specification see VEC 2.1.0

The DocumentVersion is one of the two anchors for PDM information in the VEC. All technical information about a PartVersion is contained in one or more documents. The documents are containing the actual content of the VEC since all Specifications are an element of a document.

General Information

Attribute Value
Owner core
Applied Stereotype
Base Classifier ItemVersion
Is Abstract false
Derived Classifiers

Attributes

Name Type Mult. Description Owning Classifier
abbreviation LocalizedString 0..*

Room for a short name of the Item. In case of a document the attribute is wanted to contain its title.

ItemVersion
description AbstractLocalizedString 0..*

Room for additional, human readable information about the ItemVersion. e.g. Buchsengehäuse 26-polig

ItemVersion
companyName String 1

Defines the publishing company of the ItemVersion. The companyName is part of the main identifier of an ItemVersion together with the corresponding number (partNumber or documentNumber) and version (partVersion or documentVersion).

ItemVersion
processingInstruction Instruction 0..*

Processing instructions for the application of the part or the document.

ItemVersion
documentNumber String 1

The documentNumber is the major identifier of a DocumentVersion. The format is user defined and respectively company specific. Over all VEC-documents a DocumentVersion-instance can be trusted to be identical if the combination of documentNumber, documentVersion and companyName is identical.

DocumentVersion
documentType DocumentType 0..1

The type of the document, that is defined in an OpenEnumeration and gives a hint about the content of the document. Values for typical types of documents in the process are predefined (e.g. a part master document for the specification of a PartVersion).

At later point, further constraint migth be attached to documentType defining a minimum content for certain types of documents.

DocumentVersion
documentVersion String 1

The documentVersion specifies the version index of a document (see also documentNumber).

DocumentVersion
creatingSystem String 0..1

The creatingSystem specifies the computer application or the machine which is used to create the document.

DocumentVersion
dataFormat String 0..1

The dataFormat specifies the convention that was used to structure the information in the document. This is useful if the DocumentVersion is actually a pointer to an external document, which is not contained in the VEC or if the content of this DocumentVersion was automatically generated by the extraction of the information out of the original document.

DocumentVersion
fileName String 0..1

If this DocumentVersion is a link to an external document (e.g. a ComponentSymbol), then the fileName attribute points to the file containing the original document. To use this attribute is only valid, if the original document is distributed along with the VEC-file e.g. in a ZIP-archive. It must not point to any file location which is not part of the bundle provided together with the VEC-file (e.g. a File on a central server file share).

DocumentVersion
location String 0..1

The location specifies where a document can be found in a digital or physical data storage system.

DocumentVersion
numberOfSheets String 0..1

The number of sheets contained in the document.

DocumentVersion

Outgoing Relations

Type Role Mult. Mult. Description
ItemEquivalence itemEquivalence 0..* 1 Specifies ItemEquivalances defined by the DocumentVersion.
Specification specification 0..* 0..1 Specifies the Specifications contained in the DocumentVersion. All structured, technical information in the VEC is described by such Specifications.
SheetOrChapter sheetOrChapter 0..* 1 Specifies SheetOrChapters defined in this DocumentVersion. These are especially useful if the DocumentVersion represents an external reference.
DocumentVersion relatedDocument 0..* 0..* The association is an informative link which DocumentVersion are related to each other (e.g. by derivation, A Harness-Drawing is related to a 3D-Model).
PartVersion referencedPart 0..* 0..* The association is an informative link which PartVersions are described by the DocumentVersion.

Incoming Relations

Type Mult. Role Mult. Description
VecContent 1 documentVersion 0..* Specifies the DocumentVersions contained in the VEC-file.
ExternalMappingSpecification 0..* mappedDocument 1

Reference to the DocumentVersion that represents the external data source that connected to the VEC content by the ExternalMappingSpecification.

DocumentBasedInstruction 0..* referencedDocument 1 References the DocumentVersion that is used as an Instruction.
DocumentVersion 0..* relatedDocument 0..* The association is an informative link which DocumentVersion are related to each other (e.g. by derivation, A Harness-Drawing is related to a 3D-Model).
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