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(Main)Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring principles and reference designations - Part 1: Basic rules
Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring principles and reference designations - Part 1: Basic rules
This part of IEC 81346, published jointly by IEC and ISO, establishes general principles for the structuring of systems including structuring of the information about systems.
Based on these principles, rules and guidance are given for the formulation of unambiguous reference designations for objects in any system.
The reference designation identifies objects for the purpose of creation and retrieval of information about an object, and where realized about its corresponding component.
A reference designation labelled at a component is the key to find information about that object among different kinds of documents.
The principles are general and are applicable to all technical areas (for example mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, construction engineering, process engineering). They can be used for systems based on different technologies or for systems combining several technologies.
This document is also a horizontal publication intended for use by technical committees in preparation of publications related to reference designations in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 108.
Industrielle Systeme, Anlagen und Ausrüstungen und Industrieprodukte - Strukturierungsprinzipien und Referenzkennzeichnung - Teil 1: Allgemeine Regeln
Systèmes industriels, installations et appareils, et produits industriels - Principes de structuration et désignations de référence - Partie 1: Règles de base
L'IEC 81346-1:2022 établit les principes généraux pour la structuration des systèmes, y compris la structuration des informations sur ces systèmes. Sur la base de ces principes, des règles et des recommandations sont données pour la formulation de désignations de référence non ambiguës applicables aux objets d’un système, quel qu’il soit. La désignation de référence identifie des objets dans le but de créer et de récupérer des informations sur un objet et, lorsqu’elle est réalisée, au sujet de son composant correspondant. Une désignation de référence rattachée à un composant est la clef qui permet de trouver des informations sur cet objet parmi différentes sortes de documents. Les principes énoncés sont généraux et applicables à tous les domaines techniques (par exemple génie mécanique, électrique, civil ou des procédés). Ils peuvent être utilisés pour des systèmes basés sur des technologies différentes, ou pour des systèmes combinant plusieurs technologies. Le présent document est également une publication horizontale destinée à être utilisée par les comités techniques pour l’établissement de publications liées aux désignations de référence conformément aux principes exposés dans l’IEC Guide 108. L'IEC 81346-1:2022 annule et remplace la première édition, publiée en 2009. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l’édition précédente: a) ajout d’une référence au Guide IEC 108 dans le domaine d’application, en tant que publication horizontale; b) alignement sur l’IEC 81346-2:2019 et l’ISO 81346-12:2018; c) introduction de l’aspect de type; d) introduction d’un modèle d’information du système de désignation de référence; e) introduction d’un modèle d’information dans le cadre du système de désignation de référence conformément à la série de Normes internationales 81346; f) introduction d’une recommandation relative aux métadonnées pour la gestion de la structure de conception; g) introduction de règles et d’une méthode pour la désignation des relations entre les objets; h) introduction d’exigences relatives au développement de parties de la série de Normes internationales 81346 spécifiques à certains secteurs; i) introduction d’exigences concernant l’incorporation de sous-objets dans les structures à objets; j) introduction de recommandations sur la documentation de l’application de la série de Normes internationales 81346; k) ajout de définitions de nouveaux termes utilisés; l) ajout de nouvelles règles et modification des règles existantes; m) conversion des notes relatives aux règles en texte normatif en tant que "Commentaire à la règle nn".
Industrijski sistemi, inštalacije in oprema ter industrijski izdelki - Načela strukturiranja in referenčne oznake - 1. del: Osnovna pravila
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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01-januar-2021
Industrijski sistemi, inštalacije in oprema ter industrijski izdelki - Načela
strukturiranja in referenčne oznake - 1. del: Osnovna pravila
Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring
principles and reference designations - Part 1: Basic rulesIndustrielle Systeme, Anlagen und Ausrüstungen und Industrieprodukte -
Strukturierungsprinzipien und Referenzkennzeichnung - Teil 1: Allgemeine Regeln
Systèmes industriels, installations et appareils, et produits industriels - Principes de
structuration et désignations de référence - Partie 1: Règles de baseTa slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 81346-1:2020
ICS:
01.110 Tehnična dokumentacija za Technical product
izdelke documentation
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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CONTENTS
1 FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... 6
2 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 8
3 0.1 General ................................................................................................................... 8
4 0.2 Basic requirements for this standard ....................................................................... 8
5 0.3 Required properties of the standard ........................................................................ 9
6 0.4 Framework of the IEC/ISO 81346 series ................................................................ 10
7 1 Scope ............................................................................................................................. 11
8 2 Normative references ..................................................................................................... 11
9 3 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................... 12
10 4 Concepts ........................................................................................................................ 14
11 Object ................................................................................................................... 14
12 Aspect ................................................................................................................... 15
13 Systems ................................................................................................................ 16
14 Structuring ............................................................................................................ 16
15 Function ................................................................................................................ 17
16 Products and components ..................................................................................... 18
17 Location ................................................................................................................ 18
18 Types .................................................................................................................... 18
19 Object occurrences and product individuals ........................................................... 19
20 Relations between concepts .................................................................................. 19
21 5 Structuring principles ...................................................................................................... 21
22 General ................................................................................................................. 21
23 Forming structures ................................................................................................ 22
24 Function-oriented structure .................................................................................... 25
25 Product-oriented structure ..................................................................................... 26
26 Location-oriented structure .................................................................................... 27
27 Type-oriented structure ......................................................................................... 28
28 Structures based on “other aspects” ...................................................................... 28
29 Structures based on more than one aspect ............................................................ 30
30 6 Construction of reference designations ........................................................................... 31
31 General ................................................................................................................. 31
32 Format of reference designations .......................................................................... 31
33 Single level ................................................................................................ 31
34 Multi-level .................................................................................................. 32
35 Use of letter codes .................................................................................... 33
36 Different structures within the same aspect ........................................................... 33
37 7 Reference designation set .............................................................................................. 33
38 8 Designation of locations ................................................................................................. 35
39 General ................................................................................................................. 35
40 Assemblies ............................................................................................................ 35
41 9 Presentation of reference designations ........................................................................... 37
42 Reference designations ......................................................................................... 37
43 Reference designations set ................................................................................... 38
44 Presentation of identifiers for the top-node ............................................................ 39
45 10 Labelling ........................................................................................................................ 40
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46 11 Application of the reference designation system ............................................................. 41
47 Annex A (informative) Information model on the reference designation system .................... 42
48 Annex B (informative) Establishment and life cycle of objects .............................................. 49
49 Annex C (informative) Manipulation of objects ..................................................................... 59
50 Annex D (informative) Interpretation of reference designations using different aspects ........ 70
51 Annex E (normative) Object represented with several top nodes in an aspect ...................... 73
52 Annex F (informative) Examples of multiple structures based on the same aspect ............... 76
53 Annex G (normative) Incorporating sub-objects in object structures ..................................... 80
54 Annex H (informative) Example of reference designations within a system ........................... 83
55 Annex I (normative) Designation of relations between objects .............................................. 90
56 Annex J (normative) Requirements for developing sector specific parts of the57 IEC/ISO 81346 series ..................................................................................................... 93
58 Annex K (informative) Metadata resource for structure management .................................... 98
59 Annex L (informative) Recommendations for documentation of the application of the
60 reference designation system ....................................................................................... 101
Annex M (informative) Relationship to other standards ...................................................... 106
62 Bibliography ........................................................................................................................ 110
64 Figure 1 – International standards providing a consistent system for designation,
65 documentation and presentation of information ..................................................................... 10
66 Figure 2 – Illustration of an object ......................................................................................... 15
67 Figure 3 – Aspects of an object ............................................................................................. 16
68 Figure 4 – Generic relation between the functionality of a technical system and a
69 technical process .................................................................................................................. 17
70 Figure 5 – Example of functionality of a technical system and a technical process ................ 17
71 Figure 6 – Illustration of the concept’s product, component, type, individual and
72 occurrence ............................................................................................................................ 20
Figure 7 – Illustration of structural decomposition of an object from different aspects ........... 21
74 Figure 8 – Illustration of a function-oriented decomposition and product-oriented
75 composition .......................................................................................................................... 22
76 Figure 9 – Structure tree of object A (alternative 1) ............................................................... 23
77 Figure 10 – Structure tree of object A (alternative 2) ............................................................. 23
78 Figure 11 – Constituents in one aspect of object type 1 ........................................................ 24
79 Figure 12 – Constituents in one aspect of object type 2 ........................................................ 24
80 Figure 13 – Constituents in one aspect of object type 5 ........................................................ 24
81 Figure 14 – Structure tree of object type 1 ............................................................................ 25
82 Figure 15 – Illustration of a function-oriented structure ......................................................... 26
83 Figure 16 – Illustration of a product-oriented structure .......................................................... 27
84 Figure 17 – Illustration of a location-oriented structure .......................................................... 28
85 Figure 18 – Example of the use of “other aspect” .................................................................. 29
86 Figure 19 – Example of the use of “other aspect” .................................................................. 29
87 Figure 20 – Illustration of an object accessible from three aspects, and where these
88 aspects are used also for internal structuring ........................................................................ 30
89 Figure 21 – Illustration of an object identified by means of one aspect and with sub-
90 objects identified by means of another aspect ....................................................................... 30
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91 Figure 22 – Examples of single-level reference designations ................................................ 32
92 Figure 23 – Relation between a multi-level reference designation and its single-level
93 reference designations.......................................................................................................... 32
94 Figure 24 – Examples of multi-level reference designations with multiple prefix signs ........... 33
95 Figure 25 – Example of reference designation sets ............................................................... 35
96 Figure 26 – Example of designation of mounting planes inside a factory build assembly ....... 36
97 Figure 27 – Examples of designation of locations inside a factory build assembly ................. 37
98 Figure 28 – Examples of presentations of multi-level reference designations ........................ 38
99 Figure 29 – Presentation of reference designations of a reference designation set ............... 39
100 Figure 30 – Different objects on a site identified with top node identifiers.............................. 39
101 Figure 31 – The common initial portion of reference designations ......................................... 40
102 Figure 32 – Labelling of reference designations .................................................................... 40
103 Figure A.1 – EXPRESS-G model of the reference designation system .................................. 42
104 Figure B.1 – Development situations of objects ..................................................................... 49
105 Figure B.2 – The object’s life cycle ....................................................................................... 51
106 Figure C.1 – Three independently defined objects ................................................................ 60
107 Figure C.2 – Three separate objects with mutual relations .................................................... 61
108 Figure C.3 – The three objects are merged into one.............................................................. 61
109 Figure C.4 – Overview of the process system ....................................................................... 62
110 Figure C.5 – Tree-like structures of the system ..................................................................... 63
111 Figure C.7 – Structures with designated sub-objects ............................................................. 64
112 Figure C.8 – Structures with some merged-and shared objects ............................................. 65
113 Figure C.9 – Relations expressed by reference designation sets in which both114
designations are unambiguous.............................................................................................. 66
115 Figure C.10 – Relations expressed by reference designation sets in which one116 designation is ambiguous ...................................................................................................... 66
117 Figure C.11 – Situations in the beginning of an object’s life cycle accessible from three
118 aspects ................................................................................................................................. 67
119 Figure C.12 – Situations in the beginning of the life cycle of closely related objects,
120each accessible from one aspect .......................................................................................... 68
121 Figure D.1 – Shift from function to product aspect................................................................. 70
122Figure D.2 – Shift from product to function aspect ................................................................. 70
123 Figure D.3 – Shift from product to location aspect ................................................................. 71
124Figure D.4 – Shift from location to product aspect ................................................................. 71
125 Figure D.5 – Shift from function to location aspect ................................................................ 72
126Figure D.6 – Shift from location to function aspect ................................................................ 72
127 Figure E.1 – Object represented with several independent top nodes in one aspect .............. 73
128 Figure E.2 – Example of multi-level reference designations using different aspects of
129 an object with several independent top nodes in one aspect ................................................. 74
130 Figure E.3 – Object represented with several independent top nodes in one aspect
131 using aspect-oriented structures ........................................................................................... 75
132 Figure F.1 – Illustration of the concept of additional functional views of an industrial
133 process plant ........................................................................................................................ 76
134Figure F.2 – Location-oriented structure of a plant ................................................................ 77
135 Figure F.3 – Location-oriented structure within an assembly unit .......................................... 77
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136 Figure F.4 – Location-oriented structures of the plant ........................................................... 78
137 Figure F.5 – Example of additional product-oriented structures ............................................. 79
138 Figure G.1 – Sub-contractor’s design .................................................................................... 80
139 Figure G.2 – Receiving organization’s design ....................................................................... 81
140 Figure G.3 – Full structure of the receiving organization’s design ......................................... 81
141 Figure H.1 – Process flow diagram for a material handling plant ........................................... 83
142 Figure H.2 – Overview diagram of part of the process system (=V1) and part of the
143 power supply system (=Q1) .................................................................................................. 84
144 Figure H.3 – Structure tree for parts of the material handling plant ....................................... 85
145 Figure H.4 – Layout drawing of the components of the MCC =Q1=W1 .................................. 86
146 Figure H.5 – Layout drawing indicating the location of the MCC ............................................ 86
147 Figure H.6 – Layout drawing of the locations of the MCC =Q1=W1 ....................................... 87
148 Figure H.7 – Motor starter ..................................................................................................... 87
149 Figure H.8 – Product- and location-oriented structure trees for the MCC ............................... 88
150 Figure I.1 - Structure of a relation designation ...................................................................... 91
151 Figure J.1 - 81346 framework – an EXPRESS-G model ........................................................ 94
152 Figure I.1 – Principle of document designation .................................................................... 107
153 Figure I.2 – Signal designation and signal connection identification .................................... 108
154 Figure I.3 - Principle of terminal designation ....................................................................... 109
155 Table 1 – Identification of types, occurrences and individuals within different contexts ......... 20
156 Figure C.6 – Completed structures of the system .................................................................. 64
157 Table C.1 – Possible reference designation sets ................................................................... 65
158 Table G.1 – Reference designations in the receiver’s design ................................................ 82
159 Table H.1 – Reference designation set for the constituents of the products MCC and
160motor starter ......................................................................................................................... 89
161 Table I.1 – Example of classification scheme for associative relations .................................. 92
162Table I.2 – Examples of relation designations ....................................................................... 92
163 Table K.1 – Additional mandatory metadata elements ........................................................... 99
164Table L.1 – Documentation on the application of the rules .................................................. 101
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166 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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169 INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS, INSTALLATIONS
170 AND EQUIPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS –
171 STRUCTURING PRINCIPLES AND REFERENCE DESIGNATIONS –
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173 Part 1: Basic rules
174
175 FOREWORD
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207 IEC 81346-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 3: Documentation, graphical
208 symbols, and representations of technical information in close co-operation with ISO technical
209 committee 10: Technical product documentation.210 It is published as a double logo standard and has the status of a horizontal publication in
211 accordance with IEC Guide 108.212 This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC 81346-1, published in 2009.
213 This edition constitutes a technical revision.214 This edition includes the following substantial changes with respect to the first edition of
215 IEC 81346-1:216 – the scope includes a reference to Guide 108 for being a horizontal publication
217 – synchronization with IEC 81346-2:2019 and ISO 81346-12:2018218 – the introduction of the type aspect
219 – introduction of an information model of the reference designation system
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220 – introduction of an information model for the framework of reference designation system to
221 comply with IEC/ISO 81346 series222 – introduction of recommendation for metadata for design structure management
223 – introduction of rules and method for designation of relations between objects
224 – Introduction of requirements for development of sector specific parts of the IEC/ISO 81346
225 series226 – introduction of requirements for incorporation of sub-object in object structures
227 – introduction of recommendations for documentation of the application of the IEC/ISO 81346
228 series229 – introduced definition of new terms used
230 – new rules added and existing rules modified
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237 A list of all parts of the International Standard 81346 series, under the general title Industrial
238 systems, installations and equipment and industrial products – structuring principles and
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250 INTRODUCTION
251 0.1 General
252 This standard establishes a further development of earlier and withdrawn standards on item
253 designation. It provides basics for establishing models o...
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