VDA 4956-1 : 2002

FIGURES
INTRODUCTION
1 ABBREVIATIONS, DEFINITIONS AND NORMATIVE REFERENCES
  1.1 ABBREVIATIONS
  1.2 DEFINITIONS
  1.3 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
2 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
  2.1 FIRST DATA EXCHANGE
  2.2 INCREMENTAL DATA EXCHANGE
3 PROCESS MODULES AND DATA MODULES
  3.1 PROCESS MODULE PM-ICP: COMMUNICATION OF CHANGES IN ITEM
      IDENTIFICATION, CLASSIFICATION AND PROPERTIES
  3.2 PROCESS MODULE PM-ASR: COMMUNICATION OF CHANGES IN ASSEMBLY
      STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS
  3.3 PROCESS MODULE PM-DFM: COMMUNICATION OF CHANGES IN DOCUMENT
      AND FILE MANAGEMENT DATA
  3.4 PROCESS MODULE PM-SDT: COMMUNICATION OF CHANGES IN SHAPE
      DEFINITION AND TRANSFORMATIONS
  3.5 PROCESS MODULE PM-APD: COMMUNICATION OF AUTHORIZATION OF
      PRODUCT DATA
4 DATA DICTIONARY
5 ENGINEERING BUSINESS PROCESS SETUP
  5.1 ENGINEERING BUSINESS PROCESSES
  5.2 INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENGINEERING BUSINESS PROCESS SETUP
  5.3 STEP 1: ANALYZE ENGINEERING BUSINESS PROCESS AND IDENTIFY
      RELEVANT PROCESS MODULES
  5.4 STEPS 2 AND 3: SPECIFYING ENTITY INSTANCES, ATTRIBUTES
      AND ATTRIBUTE VALUES
  5.5 REFERENCE MECHANISM
6 SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCT DATA EXCHANGE
  6.1 APPLICATION SYSTEM CATEGORIES
  6.2 DATA TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY
  6.3 DATA TYPES WITHIN AN EXCHANGE PACKAGE
7 COMPANY SPECIFIC EXTENSIONS OF RECOMMENDATION
  7.1 TEMPLATE FOR COMPANY SPECIFIC PRODUCT DATA EXCHANGE
      GUIDELINES
8 BIBLIOGRAPHY
ANNEXES
A - DATA DICTIONARY
B - TEMPLATE FOR COMPANY SPECIFIC PRODUCT DATA EXCHANGE GUIDELINE
C - EXAMPLE FOR AN ENGINEERING BUSINESS PROCESS SETUP
D - REFERENCE MECHANISM

Gives a standard based solution for the assembly data exchange specified on the application (ARM) level.