IEC PAS 63485:2023
(Main)Intelligent Information Request and Delivery - A process model for the exchange of information for use
Intelligent Information Request and Delivery - A process model for the exchange of information for use
IEC PAS 63485:2023 addresses creators of information for use of products. Examples of information creators are information architects and technical communicators.
The document defines requirements for electronic request and delivery processes for any kind of information for use. Such processes are needed to bridge the gap between objects in the real world and the information needed by their dedicated users, especially in the context of smart manufacturing, industry 4.0 and the industrial internet of things. This document specifies processes in order to enable n:m relations between information sources and information users when there is no explicit agreement between information provider and information consumer. This document also specifies metadata.
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IEC PAS 63485 ®
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Intelligent Information Request and Delivery – A process model for the
exchange of information for use
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 01.040.01; 01.110 ISBN 978-2-8322-7254-1
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Fulfilment of requirements . 8
5 Intelligent information . 8
5.1 General . 8
5.2 Quality of intelligent information . 8
6 Information flow model . 9
7 Metadata model . 10
7.1 Classification of metadata . 10
7.2 Match at the interface . 11
7.2.1 General . 11
7.2.2 Coding level (content, descriptive code, packaging) . 11
7.2.3 Shared metadata . 11
7.2.4 Shared semantics . 11
Annex A (informative) Metadata . 12
A.1 General . 12
A.2 Information Units . 13
A.3 Product Metadata . 14
A.4 Information Type Metadata . 15
A.5 Functional Metadata . 17
A.6 Administrative Metadata . 18
Annex B (informative) Scenarios for Information Exchange . 19
B.1 General . 19
B.2 Self-Service Information . 19
B.3 Automated Integration of OEM Documentation into Operator Information . 20
B.4 Utilization of multiple request and delivery sources . 20
B.5 Exchanging DITA Content Using iiRDS . 21
Bibliography . 23
Figure 1 – Visualization of the Information Flow . 10
Figure A.1 – High level concept of iiRDS. 12
Figure A.2 – Sample excerpt of iiRDS metadata in open source ontology editor Protégé . 13
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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INTELLIGENT INFORMATION REQUEST AND DELIVERY –
A PROCESS MODEL FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION FOR USE
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INTRODUCTION
According to the strategic business plan of IEC TC 3 as of 2019-07-12, standardization in the
field of documentation covers rules, principles, and methods focusing on machine-readable
representation of information, including ontologies for the definition, co-ordination, and man-
agement of the information required during the whole life cycle of a device, system, or plant.
This document approaches information for use that covers the life cycle stages of the use of
products in B2C and especially B2B environments, for example for technicians who assemble,
mount, operate, maintain, repair, or disassemble technical assets.
In a digitalized world, (printed) documents no longer support the information needs of people
who are used to accessing all kinds of information quickly according to their need, either in their
private life or in their professional contexts, on the internet, mostly on mobile devices. Especially
in the context of smart manufacturing or the industrial internet of things, where any kind of
technical objects are mirrored by their digital twins, all information regarding the efficient, ef-
fective, and safe use of technical objects or products (compare IEC 82079-1:2019) needs to be
connected to these virtual objects in a dynamic way. Users do not want to search for technical
information in huge documents. They want information matching their concrete use cases in-
stead, according to their personal requests. Together with real-time descriptive and operational
data, they need information at any time that helps them to interpret these data and to take
adequate actions to guarantee smooth operation of the assets.
Where the traditional context of linear documents is lost, the metadata ontology of the Intelligent
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Information Request and Delivery Standard (iiRDS ), maintained by the iiRDS consortium,
helps to couple digital twins with the technical information needed in concrete use cases.
Such semantically supported information processes g
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