Hi
One of the issues in the recent
debate about NSN and identification was the need for global
rules.
AP239 had several major technical
ballot comments against it complaining about the lack of global
rules.
This was one of the reasons for
Germany initially
voting NO.
One of the ballot comments was
about global rules enforcing what is already documented in the mapping tables.
This has been resolved.
The other comment is about the lack
of global rules in general.
We have also had a discussion about
the need to have some global rules in capabilities.
I agree with Per-Ake, think that we
need to be very careful about adding global rules as they can restrict the use
of the AP.
Having said that, I think that
there are a few areas where we will benefit from global rules in the AP as
opposed to the DEXs/capabilities.
E.g.
Any identification assignment must
have an organization assigned to it.
Any product_as_individual,
product_as_realised, product_as_planned, part, part_version (note the model
has changed!!!) must have at least one identification assigned to
it.
Note, I am not enforcing any
classification or anything, just enforcing an instantiation
template.
What do people think to having such
global rules in the AP as opposed to the capabilities?
One reason at least is keeping the
bargain on changing the German No vote to a Yes.
Are there any other instantiation
templates that we want to enforce?
Regards
Rob
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