Within the COMP-LIFE project, Wrexham Glyndwr University’s most significant involvement is in WP5, entitled “Data management and procedures”. This task has started and is due to report in June 2016.
WP Objectives
- To develop procedures and recommendations on best practice for data management with ISO 10303.
Description of the work
- Literature and web search for review and related uses of ISO 10303 and BIM
- Comparison of review of related situations with requirements for design ad manufacture of composite products
- Identification of costs, benefits and requirements for the adoption of ISO 10303 methods and technologies for composite products
Initial thoughts
I visited the ISO standards website, with a view to finding out how the standards are managed as a whole, and to download and read some of the relevant standards within the ISO 10303 area. I’ve been particularly directed to view ISO 10303-45 and ISO 10303-235.
The ISO website seems to have been designed for those who know what they are looking for: it’s not for the faint-hearted. The most recent standard for ISO 10303-45 is ISO 10303-45:2014, but this is not published here yet.
I’m left thinking that if a standard is supposed to help all practitioners to work together to the same format, then that standard needs to be more effectively communicated. There is a long way to go yet!
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