This document specifies the application module for AP239 product definition information.

The following are within the scope of this document:

• the representation of parts, their versions, their definitions, and their management information, such as dates, that are assigned to them;
• the representation of assignments of an identifier and alias identifications to parts and their versions;
• the representation of characterization views of a version of a part;
• the representation of the data that identify a product and the categories of products it belongs to;
• the representation of relationships between versions of products;
• the representation of context-dependent relationships between definitions of product versions;
• the representation of the composition of an assembly as parent-child relationships between views on products;
• the representation of the shape of an assembly as the composition of the shape representation of its components;
• the association of valued properties to a part or to an assembly;
• the association of documentation to a part or to an assembly;
• the identification of positions within an assembly of parts to which component parts may be attached;
• the identification of parts that are attached to identified positions within an assembly;
• the identification of a breakdown of a product or product_as_individual;
• the identification of the elements that comprise a breakdown;
• the identification of parent-child relationships between breakdown elements;
• the identification of relationships between elements in different breakdowns;
• the representation of the replacement of a product by another;
• the representation and classification of documents and document information that may apply to part definition information;
• the representation of properties of objects, their values and types, and classifications;
• the representation of information that records the identification of an existing or potential future artifact - an actual product whose properties can only be known by observation or by derivation from observations;
• the representation of interfaces between products;
• the representation of the life cycle phase of existing interfaces between actual products (as realized), and includes planned interfaces between planned products;
• the representation of relationships between requirements and items to which they are assigned, and between requirements and the items which are their source;
• the representation of the information that identify a requirement and versions of requirements;
• the representation of characterization views of a requirement version;
• the representation of relationships between requirements which are expressed as relationships between requirement view definitions;
• the representation of a type of state;
• the representation of an observed state;
• the identification of the configuration of a product for a given product concept;
• the specification of effectivity constraints applied to configuration of a product.