IEC 61636-1:2021
(Main)Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA): Exchanging Test Results and Session Information via the eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA): Exchanging Test Results and Session Information via the eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
IEC 61636-1:2021 (E) provides 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 2.0 2021-06
™
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)
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IEC 61636-1 ®
Edition 2.0 2021-06
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
COMMISSION
ICS 25.040.01; 35.060 ISBN 978-2-8322-9823-7
IEEE Std 1636.1™-2018
Contents
1. Overview . 9
1.1 General . . 9
1.2 Scope . 10
1.3 Application . . 10
1.4 Precedence . . 11
1.5 Conventions used in this document . 11
2. Normative references . . 12
3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations . 12
3.1 Definitions . . 12
3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations . . 13
4. Test results and session information . 13
4.1 Background . . 13
4.2 Introduction . . 13
4.3 Applicability . . 14
4.4 Usage . 14
5. Conformance . 14
6. XML schema extensibility . . 15
7. OWL ontology and XML schema names and locations . 15
Annex A (informative) XML schema and OWL ontology . 18
Annex B (informative) Bibliography . 33
Annex C (informative) List of IEEE participants . 34
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IEEE Std 1636.1™-2018
SOFTWARE INTERFACE
FOR MAINTENANCE INFORMATION COLLECTION
AND ANALYSIS (SIMICA):
EXCHANGING TEST RESULTS AND SESSION
INFORMATION VIA THE EXTENSIBLE MARKUP
LANGUAGE (XML)
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IEEE Std 1636.1™-2018
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 Committee 20 on
Test and Diagnosis for Electronic Systems
Approved 27 September 2018
IEEE-SA Standards Board
Published by IEC under licence from IEEE. © 2018 IEEE. All rights reserved.
Abstract: Promoting and facilitating interoperability between components of automatic test systems
where test results need to be shared is addressed in this standard. 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 is expressed in both the OWL and XML formats.
Keywords: automated test system (ATS), extensible markup language (XML), IEEE 1636.1™,
OWL ontology, Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA),
test results and session information, XML sch
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