GeneralTechnicalPartSpecification

Specifies a unique identification of the specification. The identification is guaranteed to be unique within the document containing the specification. For all VEC-documents a Specification-instance can be trusted to be identical if the DocumentVersion-instance is the same (see DocumentVersion) and the identification of the Specification is the same.

Specifies additional, human readable information about the specification.

The specialPartType allows the specification of subclassifications for a PartOrUsageRelatedSpecification (e.g. different types of connector housings).

Specifies the color of the part.

Specifies the overall mass of the part per Unit of quantity (e.g. g/piece or g/meter…)

Specifies the material of a part with the syntax and nomenclature of an arbitrary reference system. Multiple Material entries in this attribute are only allowed to express the same value in the different reference systems. For parts that are composed of different materials, e.g. wiring harness modules, these materials and their weight proportions can be defined via the MaterialComposition.

Parts and components are often composed from a material-mix. The MaterialComposition allows the definition of the various Materials in a part and their mass. For example, the proportion of copper or other precious metals in a component. It is permissible to list only individual relevant components. A complete listing of all components is not required.

Specifies the robustness of a part.

Specifies valid temperatures for a part.

The Failures In Time (FIT) rate of a device is the number of failures that can be expected in one billion (109) device-hours of operation.[14] (E.g. 1000 devices for 1 million hours, or 1 million devices for 1000 hours each, or some other combination.) (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failure_rate#Units)

Defines whether accessories which are not explicitly defined by a PartRelation may be used with instances of this part. If this attribute is not specified the default value is true.

Defines the valid application types (or fields of application) for the PartVersion described by this GeneralTechnicalPartSpecification. An application type usually implies a wide variety of aspects, such as process requirements, specifications, applicable standards, procedures to be followed etc.

Differentiation from VoltageComplianceLevel: Although there is an overlap between the literals of the NominalVoltage and the ApplicationType the statements expressed with the applicationType and the voltageComplianceLevel are different. The voltageComplianceLevel only refers to a statement about the voltage compatibility of a part, but does not include the other aspects, e.g. process requirements. For example, a connector or cable might withstand high voltage levels (voltageLevelCompliance) but might not be allowed for high voltage applications in a vehicle due to an insufficient color coding.

Defines the bounding box of the part.