IEC GUIDE 77-1 Guide for specification of product properties and classes Part 1: Fundamental benefits First edition 2008 @ISO/IEC2008 ISO/IECGUIDE77-1:2008(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The ISO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by ISO member bodies. In COPYRIGHTPROTECTED DOCUMENT ISO/IEC2008 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright ofice Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva 20 Tel.+ 4122749 0111 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland = ISO/IEC2008-Allrightsreserved ISO/IEC GUIDE 77-1:2008(E) Contents Page Foreword.. iv Introduction 1 Scope 2 Product data in the supply chain ..... 2.1 2.2 Business context ... 2.3 Goal and solution.. 2.4 International standardizationactivities. 2.5 3 Procedureforcreating referencedictionaries 3.1 General..... 3.2 Buildinga referencedictionary. 3.3 Resourcesrequired... 3.4 Maintenance. 4 Technicalaspects.. Annex A (informative)Assessment of savings potential... Annex B (informative)Technical expertise and guidance 13 Bibliography ISO/IEC 2008 -All rights reserved ili ISO/IEC GUIDE77-1:2008(E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technicalcommittees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeen establishedhasthe righttoberepresentedonthatcommittee.Internationalorganizations,governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with isO, also take part in the work. Iso collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. Draft Guides adopted by the responsible Committee or Group are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as a Guide requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/IEC Guide 77-1 was prepared by the Joint Technical Advisory Group of the ISO Technical Management properties and classes: Part 1:Fundamental benefits Part2:Technicalprinciplesandguidance Part3:Experiencegained iv ISO/IEC2008-All rights reserved ISO/IEC GUIDE77-1:2008(E) Introduction Business processes areincreasinglybeing conducted electronically,a situationwhichapplies to internal processes as well as to the interfaces with external partners. Product data is currently defined predominantly on a system-specific or organization-specific basis, usually without the general exchangeability of the data being taken into account. On the originator side, this results in costly multiple definition and data storage for of data from different sources combined with inherent, costly interpretation and conversion errors. Hence, there is a massive opportunity here for rationalization. suppliers and customers. Information about a product is generated over the enti