ItemEquivalence
Note: There is a newer version of this specification see VEC 2.2.0
Defines two or more ItemVersions to be equivalent out of the view of a certain company. The ItemEquivalence class will most likely be used by a company to express which PartNumber a certain PartVersion has in the context of other companies (same applies to DocumentVersions). However, for every other company separate ItemVersion-instances are needed as the statement of equivalence can be very subjective.
General Information
| Attribute | Value | 
|---|---|
| Owner | pdm | 
| Applied Stereotype | |
| Base Classifier | ExtendableElement | 
| Is Abstract | false | 
| Derived Classifiers | 
Attributes
| Name | Type | Mult. | Description | Owning Classifier | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| companyName | String | 1 | Specifies the company which states the ItemEquivalence.  | ItemEquivalence | 
Outgoing Relations
| Type | Role | Mult. | Mult. | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ItemVersion | item | 2..* | 0..* | References all ItemVersion that are considered to be equivalent by the ItemEquivalence. A single ItemEquivalence shall only reference ItemVersions of the same class (either DocumentVersions or PartVersions).  | 
Incoming Relations
| Type | Mult. | Role | Mult. | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DocumentVersion | 1 | itemEquivalence | 0..* | Specifies ItemEquivalances defined by the DocumentVersion. |