The DMSC Board of Directors has agreed to disseminate the unpublished Model-Based Characteristics 1.0 document as a DMSC Standard. This MBC 1.0 document was written by the DMSC’s Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) Working Group and given consensus approval via the DMSC’s Standards Committee for future standardization.
The Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) standard, version 1.0, consists of numerous subject areas under the general title: Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) – Persistent Identification and Related Digital Practices. The MBC 1.0 document may be downloaded from the DMSC SharePoint drive here.
The scope of this important new standard establishes a baseline for characteristics that are applied to product definition. This version of the standard specifically focuses on product characteristics (PC) and their optional augmentations of criticality classifications (CC), product requirement associations (PRA), and verification plan requirements (VPR). This standard defines the common nomenclature, definitions, symbols, data structures and practice, for the representation and communication of characteristics.
Additionally, this standard introduces a Product Characteristic identification framework that specifies both the use of locally unique, human-readable tag identifiers coupled with universally unique, machine-readable identifiers (UUIDs) for each characteristic. This standard also describes model-based system behaviors for applications that produce and/or use product characteristics.
Finally, the intent of the MBC 1.0 standard is to complement and contribute to extending the Quality Information Framework (QIF) in the QIF’s area of Characteristics and Characteristic Designators.
The DMSC will be pursuing this DMSC standard, or a subsequent version, as a future approved ANSI American National Standard (ANS) via DMSC’s ANSI accreditation process.
