The ISO TC184 meeting form 8-13 Nov 2009, Rotterdam NL

From 8-12 Nov 09 the ISOTC184/SC4 meeting will be held at the Erasmus university in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

The scope of TC184/SC4 is: Standardization of the definition, integration and quality management of information which is
shared, exchanged and archived in the context of:

- the definition, description and classification of products and facilities throughout their lifecycle

- industrial management and operations

- other information requirements supporting automation systems

TC184/SC4 standards & organisation

TC184/SC4 Industrial Data is a subcommittee of the International Organization for Standardization ISO. SC4 operates through a series of interdependent Working Groups and the Quality committee.

SC4 is developing standards which provide capabilities to describe and manage industrial product data throughout the life of the product.

The Committee's work is published through a series of multi-part standards in eight areas of industrial product data technology that include:

ISO 10303 (STEP - Standard for Product data representation and exchange)

ISO 13584 (PLIB - Parts Library) PLIB website

ISO 15531 (MANDATE - Industrial manufacturing management data).

ISO 15926 .(Process Plants including Oil and Gas facilities life-cycle data)

ISO 18629 (PSL- Process specification language)

ISO 18876 (IIDEAS - Integration of industrial data for exchange, access, and sharing)

ISO 22745 (Open Technical Dictionary)

ISO 8000 (Data Quality)

ISO 29002 (Exchange of Characteristic Data)

Opportunity

The TC184/SC4 meeting is held twice a year in one of the participating countries which also hosty the meeting. This year the meetign is held in The Netherlands and is hosted by USPI and NEN.

This means there is an enormous opportunity for the various sectors in Europe to join the meeting and discuss the application of standards with the very global experts themselves. Users can presnet their implementations and Sc4 experts can get feedback on the usefulness and applicability of the standards they have developed. Of particular interest is the socalled Implementation Forum that has recently been established for that specific purpose. It is held on Wednesday 11 Nov from 10.00 - 17.00 hrs and on Thursday form 10.00 - 17.00 hrs. You will find more information at the dedicated pages.