IEC 61636-1:2016

Software interface for maintenance information collection and analysis (SIMICA): Exchanging test results and session information via the extensible markup language (XML)

IEC 61636-1:2016(E) is the definition of an exchange format, utilizing XML, for exchanging data resulting from executing tests of a unit under test (UUT) via a test program in an automatic test environment. This standard is published as a double logo IEC-IEEE standard.

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IEC 61636-1
Edition 1.0 2016-11
IEEE Std 1636.1
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Software interface for maintenance information collection and analysis (SIMICA):
Exchanging test results and session information via the extensible markup
language (XML)
IEC 61636-1:2016-11(en) IEEE Std 1636.1-2013
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IEC 61636-1
Edition 1.0 2016-11
IEEE Std 1636.1™
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Software interface for maintenance information collection and analysis (SIMICA):
Exchanging test results and session information via the extensible markup
language (XML)
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
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IEC 61636-1:2016
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Contents

1. Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................... 2

1.2 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................ 2

1.3 Application .......................................................................................................................................... 2

1.4 Precedence........................................................................................................................................... 3

1.5 Conventions used in this document ..................................................................................................... 3

2. Normative references.................................................................................................................................. 4

3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations .................................................................................................. 4

3.1 Definitions ........................................................................................................................................... 4

3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations ............................................................................................................... 5

4. Test results and session information........................................................................................................... 6

4.1 Background.......................................................................................................................................... 6

4.2 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 6

4.3 Applicability ........................................................................................................................................ 6

4.4 Usage ................................................................................................................................................... 7

4.5 Relationships to other automatic test system (ATS) architectural elements........................................ 7

5. EXPRESS model, EXPRESS-G diagram, and XML schema names and locations ................................... 9

6. Conformance ............................................................................................................................................ 10

7. Extensibility.............................................................................................................................................. 11

Annex A (normative) XML schemas ........................................................................................................... 12

A.1 TestResults.xsd ................................................................................................................................. 12

A.2 TestResultsCollection.xsd................................................................................................................. 59

Annex B (normative) EXPRESS models ..................................................................................................... 60

B.1 TEST_RESULTS_MODEL.............................................................................................................. 60

B.2 TestResults model EXPRESS-G diagrams ....................................................................................... 76

Annex C (informative) Bibliography............................................................................................................ 83

Annex D (informative) IEEE list of participants...........................................................................................85

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IEC 61636-1:2016
IEEE Std 1636.1-2013 – ii –
SOFTWARE INTERFACE
FOR MAINTENANCE INFORMATION COLLECTION
AND ANALYSIS (SIMICA):
EXCHANGING TEST RESULTS AND SESSION
INFORMATION VIA THE EXTENSIBLE MARKUP
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IEC 61636-1:2016
IEEE Std 1636.1-2013 – iv –
IEEE Standard for Software Interface
for Maintenance Information Collection
and Analysis (SIMICA):
Exchanging Test Results and Session
Information via the eXtensible Markup
Language (XML)
Sponsor
IEEE Standards Coordinating Committees on
Test and Diagnosis for Electronic Systems (SCC20)
Approved 23 August 2013
IEEE-SA Standards Board
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IEC 61636-1:2016
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Abstract: This standard is intended to promote and facilitate interoperability between

components of automatic test systems where test results need to be shared. The standard thus

facilitates the capture of test results data in storage devices and databases, facilitating online and

offline analysis. The test results schema becomes a class of information that can be used within

the SIMICA family of standards. The exchange format utilizes the XML formats.

Keywords: automated test system (ATS), eXtensible markup language (XML), IEEE 1636.1™,

session information, Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis

(SIMICA), test results, XML schema
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IEC 61636-1:2016
IEEE Std 1636.1-2013 – vi –
IEEE Introduction

This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 1636.1™-2013, IEEE Standard for Software Interface for Maintenance

Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA): Exchanging Test Results and Session Information via the eXtensible

Markup Language (XML).

Maintainers of complex systems require the ability to capture and share test result information in a way that

supports such activities as performance analysis, post-production product improvement, maintenance

process improvement, and diagnostic maturation. Principal stakeholders of this project include but are not

limited to maintenance organizations within various Departments/Ministries of Defense, the commercial

airlines, the automotive industry, and the telecommunications industry. This standard is being developed as

a component of the IEEE 1636™ Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis

(SIMICA) project. SIMICA’s purpose is to specify a software interface for access, exchange, and analysis

of product diagnostic and maintenance information. Clause 4, Test results and session information,

provides a subset of the data needed to satisfy SIMICA requirements.

The use of formal information models will facilitate exchanging historical test results between information

systems and analysis tools. The models will facilitate creating open system software architectures for

maturing system diagnostics.

The XML schema described in this standard where appropriate utilizes and references components of the

IEEE Std 1671™ schema set.

It is anticipated that these schemas will be used throughout industries that utilize diagnostic and

maintenance data as an exchange format that can be understood by humans or machines. In order to ensure

wide acceptance throughout the user community, the schemas have been designed to encompass a broad

range of use cases. To accommodate use cases beyond the released design, the schemas provide means for

user extensibility.

It is anticipated that the IEEE Std 1636.1 schema will be used throughout the automatic test equipment

(ATE) industry as an exchange format that can be understood by humans or machines. In order to ensure

wide acceptance throughout the user community, the schemas have been designed to encompass a broad

range of use cases.
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IEC 61636-1:2016
IEEE Std 1636.1-2013 – 1 –
Software Interface
for Maintenance Information Collection
and Analysis (SIMICA):
Exchanging Test Results and Session
Information via the eXtensible Markup
Language (XML)

IMPORTANT NOTICE: IEEE Standards documents are not intended to ensure safety, security, health,

or environmental protection, or ensure against interference with or from other devices or networks.

Implementers of IEEE Standards documents are responsible for determining and complying with all

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This IEEE document is made available for use subject to important notices and legal disclaimers.

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1. Overview

The XML schema and EXPRESS model described in this document are intended for the recording of the

history of the execution and observations from a test or test session. This information includes results data

directly generated by test equipment or by the test equipment operating software. The combination of this

information will aid in the improvement of the test process.

The XML schema associated with this standard is based on World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Proposed Edited Recommendation [B1].

The EXPRESS model associated with this standard is based on ISO 10303-11:1994 [B9].

W3C is a registered trademark of the World Wide Web Consortium.
Information on references can be found in Annex C.
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IEC 61636-1:2016
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IEEE Std 1636.1-2013

IEEE Standard for Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA):

Exchanging Test Results and Session Information via the eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

1.1 Scope

The scope of this standard is the definition of an exchange format, utilizing XML, for exchanging data

resulting from executing tests of a unit under test (UUT) via a test program in an automatic test

environment. The standard uses the information models of IEEE Std 1636™-2009 as a foundation.

1.2 Purpose

The purpose of this standard is to specify a software interface for access, exchange, and analysis of test

result information. The standard enables the capture of test results data, facilitating data analysis to assess

the effectiveness of test and diagnostic processes applied to complex systems. The test results information

model and XML schema define the semantics and exchange format for information to be used among

applications implementing the SIMICA family of standards.
1.3 Application
1.3.1 Of this document

This document provides formal specifications of the information required for the development of shared

maintenance data and the results of testing. These are applicable to both the SIMICA family of standards

and the ATML family of standards.
Anticipated users of this standard include the following:
a) System developers
b) System maintainers
c) Test program set (TPS) developers
d) TPS maintainers
e) Automatic test equipment (ATE) system developers
f) ATE system maintainers
g) Test instrument developers
1.3.2 Of this document’s annexes

This document includes three annexes. Of these three, two are normative (Annex A and Annex B).

Annex A contains the description of each of the XML schema elements and types.
Annex B contains the description of the EXPRESS and EXPRESS-G model elements.

Annex C is informative, and thus are provided strictly as information, for both users and maintainers of this

document.
Information on references can be found in Clause 2.
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IEC 61636-1:2016
IEEE Std 1636.1-2013 – 3 –
IEEE Std 1636.1-2013

IEEE Standard for Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA):

Exchanging Test Results and Session Information via the eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

1.4 Precedence

In the event of conflict between this document and an SIMICA family component standard, this document

shall take precedence.

In the event of conflict between this document and a normatively referenced standard (See Clause 2), the

normatively referenced standard, as it applies to the information being produced, shall take precedence.

In the event of conflict between this document’s EXPRESS model definition and/or annotations and this

document’s XML schema definition and/or annotations, this document’s EXPRESS model definition

and/or annotations, as it applies to the information being produced, shall take precedence.

In the event of conflict between this document’s EXPRESS model definition and/or annotations and an

SIMICA family component standard and/or EXPRESS model, this document’s EXPRESS model definition

and/or annotations, as it applies to the information being produced, shall take precedence.

In the event of conflict between this document’s XML schema definition and/or annotations and an

SIMICA family component standard and/or XML schemas, this document’s XML schema definition and/or

annotations, as it applies to the information being produced, shall take precedence.

In the event of conflict between this document’s XML schema definition and/or annotations and the ATML

Common XML schema, this document’s XML schema definition and/or annotations, as it applies to the

information being produced, shall take precedence.
1.5 Conventions used in this document
1.5.1 General

All simple, complex types attribute groups and elements will be listed; explanatory information will be

provided, along with examples if additional clarification is needed. The explanatory information shall

include information on the intended use of the elements and/or attributes where the name of the entity does

not clearly indicate its intended use. For elements derived from another source type (e.g., an abstract type),

only attributes which extend the source type shall be listed; details regarding the base type shall be listed

along with the base type.

The namespace prefix “c:” identifies that the type or attribute group is contained in Annex B of IEEE Std

1671 (Schema-Common.xsd).

When referring to an attribute of an XML element, the convention of [element]@[attribute] shall be used.

In cases where an attribute name is referred to with no associated element, the attribute name shall be

enclosed in single quotes.

In tables that describe XML elements, the column “Use” indicates the occurrence constraints for each

element.
a) “Required” indicates that the element shall appear exactly once.
b) “Optional” indicates that the element may appear once or not at all.

c) “1..’” indicates that the element shall appear at least once and may appear multiple times.

d) “0..’” indicates that the element may appear multiple times, once, or not at all.

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IEEE Std 1636.1-2013

IEEE Standard for Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA):

Exchanging Test Results and Session Information via the eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

All specifications for the EXPRESS language are given in the Courier type font which includes

references to entity and attribute names in the supporting text.
1.5.2 Word usage

In this document, the word shall is used to indicate a mandatory requirement. The word should is used to

indicate a recommendation. The word may is used to indicate a permissible action. The word can is used

for statements of possibility and capability.
2. Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document (i.e., they must

be understood and used, so each referenced document is cited in text and its relationship to this document is

explained). For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of

the referenced document (including any amendments or corrigenda) applies.

IEEE Std 1636™-2009, IEEE Trial-Use Standard for Software Interface for Maintenance Information

4, 5
Collection and Analysis (SIMICA).

IEEE 1636.99™-2013, IEEE Standard for Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and

Analysis (SIMICA): Common Information Elements.

IEEE Std.1671™-2010, IEEE Standard for Automatic Test Markup Language (ATML) for Exchanging

Automatic Test Equipment and Test Information via XML.
3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. The IEEE Standards

Dictionary Online [B2] should be consulted for terms not defined in this clause.
3.1 Definitions

branch: In an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) document or schema, a specified element and all

elements subordinate to that specified element.

component (in eXtensible Markup Language (XML) schema): The generic term for the building blocks

that compose the abstract data model of the schema.

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) attribute: Name-value pair associated with an XML element.

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) document: A (text) data object that conforms to the XML

requirements for being well-formed (as defined by W3C).

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The IEEE standards or products referred to in this clause are trademarks of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

IEEE Standards Dictionary Online subscription is available at:
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IEEE Std 1636.1-2013 – 5 –
IEEE Std 1636.1-2013

IEEE Standard for Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA):

Exchanging Test Results and Session Information via the eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) namespace: A method for distinguishing XML elements and

attributes that may have the same name but different meanings. A URL is used as a prefix to a “local

name.” This combination ensures the uniqueness of the element or attribute name. The URL is used only as

a way to create a unique prefix and does not have to resolve to a real page on the Internet.

NOTE—See Namespaces in XML 1.0 [B10] and Schenk and Wilson [B11] .
eXtensible Markup Language (XML) schema: The structu
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