ISO/TS 29002-31:2009

Industrial automation systems and integration - Exchange of characteristic data - Part 31: Query for characteristic data

ISO/TS 29002-31:2009 specifies a conceptual information model and an exchange file format for a query that requests product and service characteristic data and supplier identification from item and information suppliers. The conceptual model is in Unified Modeling Language (UML). The physical file format is based on Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Systèmes d'automatisation industrielle et intégration — Échange de données caractéristiques — Partie 31: Recherche de données caractéristiques

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 29-Nov-2009
• ICS: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 184/SC 4 - Industrial data
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 184/SC 4/WG 13 - Industrial Data Quality
• Current Stage: 9020 - International Standard under periodical review
• Start Date: 15-Oct-2025
• Completion Date: 15-Oct-2025

Relations

• Revised: ISO/FDIS 29002 - Industrial automation systems and integration - Exchange of characteristic data
• Effective Date: 02-Aug-2025

Overview

ISO/TS 29002-31:2009 - Industrial automation systems and integration - Exchange of characteristic data - Part 31: Query for characteristic data - defines a standardized way to request product and service characteristic data and supplier identification from item and information suppliers. The Technical Specification provides a conceptual information model (expressed in UML) and a physical exchange file format (based on XML) for constructing and exchanging query messages between systems.

Key Topics

• Conceptual information model (UML): a standardized data model describing query objects, item identifiers, characteristic requests and supplier identification elements.
• XML-based file format: a physical representation of the query model enabling machine-readable exchange between applications.
• Query semantics: defined structure for requesting product/service characteristics and associated supplier data.
• Identification and metadata: elements to carry item IDs, versioning, supplier identifiers and context needed to locate the correct characteristic information.
• Interoperability requirements: consistent structure to enable automated processing by item suppliers, information providers and downstream systems.

Practical Applications

ISO/TS 29002-31:2009 is intended to support automated, interoperable communication in industrial and supply-chain contexts where characteristic data is required. Typical use cases:

• Automated queries from purchasing or PLM/ERP systems to suppliers requesting material, part or service characteristics.
• Integration between manufacturer systems and subcontractors for part specifications, tolerances, performance data.
• Enabling electronic catalogs and parts databases to respond to standardized characteristic-data queries.
• Data exchange in supplier identification workflows to ensure traceability and correct sourcing.

Who benefits:

• System integrators and automation engineers implementing data-exchange workflows.
• Manufacturers and suppliers providing or consuming characteristic data.
• Software vendors building PLM, ERP, EDI or catalog solutions requiring standardized query formats.
• Data architects and information modelers responsible for integrating product data across systems.

Related Standards

• Part of the ISO/TS 29002 series on exchange of characteristic data - implementers should consider other parts of this series for complementary message types (responses, updates).
• Applicable alongside broader industrial automation and product data exchange practices (UML modelling and XML schema-based integration).

Using ISO/TS 29002-31:2009 helps organizations reduce manual data requests, increase automation and improve interoperability for product characteristic and supplier identification exchanges.

Standards Content (Sample)

TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 29002-31
First edition
2009-12-01
Industrial automation systems and
integration — Exchange of characteristic
data —
Part 31:
Query for characteristic data
Systèmes d'automatisation industrielle et intégration — Échange de
données caractéristiques —
Partie 31: Recherche de données caractéristiques

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