Flexible Customizing
Mappings of properties, structures and relationships of the projectand product data are stored in eASEE as a model. An initialcustomizing step describes a data model and implements it in anapplication domain. Customizing is performed with an XML file.
Supported object types
Documents are semantically classified by object classes, and theyform instances of these classes. Specific file types may be assignedto each class; they reflect the physical representation of thedocuments.
Example of an eASEE.edm object hierarchy:
Data sets
Analogous to file objects, nearly any type of structured datarecords may be mapped , versioned and configured as a relationaldata structure. These objects behave exactly like documentobjects; that is, they can have attributes and relations.
Containers
Containers play a central role in eASEE. They represent anextremely flexible and differentiated way to handle collections ofdata. Data and document versions may be combined in any desiredconfigurations in a container. Versions can be versionedindependently of one another and can be placed in relationships.
A container does not contain the objects themselves, rather onlyinformation on the usage relationship of their combined versions.For example, data for the software and hardware components of aspecific configuration of an ECU may be grouped in a container.
Life cycle for engineering objects
Each document or container class may be assigned a life cycle. Thisconsists of a sequence of user-definable life cycle states, and itestablishes the sequence of state transitions. A symbol may beassigned to the individual state to graphically emphasize theparticular version.
Relations
Dependencies existing between documents and data arerepresented by typified relations. A distinction is made betweenmanual relations between two objects and automatic relationsbased on a relation rule. It is also possible to set up mandatoryrelations for certain documents.
Domains
Application areas may be encapsulated in domains. Only releasedengineering data are visible in other domains.
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