242 / PLCS PSM harmonization

Subsequent to the TC meeting at Rolls Royce and the TC freezing of the PLCS PSM, AP242 have reviewed the proposed harmonized model (which has been incorporated in the PLCS PSM and frozen) and have raised a number of issues.

I have attached the slides that outline their main issues.

I realize that we have frozen the PSM and intend to consider the other harmonization changes at some stage in the future, however,

as these issues are against identification and descriptions, adopting the change at a later date once we have a lot more DEXs and templates developed will have a major impact.

Consequently, I would like to set up a TOG call next week to discuss the impact and seek a TOG decision as to the best way forward.

I have setup a doodle poll to see when would be the best time:

http://www.doodle.com/b54s2zye9uhyssm4

As well as the id and description issues, they have also identified issues against ProductViewDefinition and ViewDefnitionContext.

These are not big changes.

For ProductViewDefinition they want to have initialContext and additionalContexts that were in the Modules.

The PSM changed this contexts. Not a big change IMHO

ENTITY ProductViewDefinition

SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF (PartViewDefinition, ProductAsIndividualView));

id : OPTIONAL IdentifierSelect;

classifiedAs: OPTIONAL SET[1:?] OF ClassSelect;

sameAs : OPTIONAL SET[1:?] OF ProxySelect;

(* PLCS PSM approach contexts : SET[1:?] OF ViewDefinitionContextSelect; *)

initialContext : ViewDefinitionContext (* ViewDefinitionContextSelect *) ;

additionalContexts : OPTIONAL SET[1:?] OF ViewDefinitionContext (* ViewDefinitionContextSelect *) ;

INVERSE

ofVersion : ProductVersion FOR viewDefinitions;

END_ENTITY;

For ViewDefinitionContext they would like:

Again – not a bug change

TYPE ApplicationDomainType = STRING;

END_TYPE;

TYPE LifeCycleStageType = STRING;

END_TYPE;

TYPE ApplicationDomainSelect = SELECT(ApplicationDomainType, ApplicationDomain);

END_TYPE;

TYPE LifeCycleStageSelect = SELECT(LifeCycleStageType, LifeCycleStage);

END_TYPE;

ENTITY ViewDefinitionContext;

applicationDomain : ApplicationDomainSelect;

description : OPTIONAL DescriptorSelect;

lifeCycleStage : LifeCycleStageSelect;

UNIQUE

UR1: applicationDomain, lifeCycleStage;

END_ENTITY;

ENTITY ApplicationDomain;

sameAs : SET[1:?] OF ProxySelect;

UNIQUE

UR1: sameAs;

END_ENTITY;

ENTITY LifeCycleStage;

sameAs : SET[1:?] OF ProxySelect;

UNIQUE

UR1: sameAs;

END_ENTITY;

They have also raised issues against Part

I realize that we have agreed to freeze the PSM based on the recent changes.

The changes that they are proposing are to identification and so

Regards
Rob

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Dr Rob Bodington
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