MBC Standards Committee Meeting
The DMSC Standards Committee will meet in-person April 14, 2025 at 1 pm at MxD.
Proposed Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) Standard Takes Next Step
In June 2020, the DMSC began the development of a new metrology standard to provide a common approach for tagging and uniquely identifying product characteristics that are of interest for the product realization process in a Model-Based environment. The goal was to create an ANSI/ISO standard that would be applicable for both human-readable communication and machine-readable applications that can enable…
Model-Based Characteristics Proposal Approved via DMSC Standards Committee Vote
The DMSC Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) Working Group (WG) completed a proposal of a new standard to be proposed to ANSI for approval. The proposed new standard offers Nomenclature, Definitions and Symbols for Model-Based Characteristics with persistent identification. According to ANSI procedures, there are several steps that DMSC must complete before the proposal is submitted to ANSI. First, the DMSC had…
UTARI Hosts DMSC Standards Committee Meeting
Near record temperatures in Texas did not deter the DMSC Standards Committee (SC) from meeting in Ft. Worth (TX) to determine the suitability of a Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) Working Group (WG) proposal to ANSI. Nearly twenty companies attended the in-person meeting, held at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTARI), June 20 – 22, 2023. The inaugural MBC WG was…
MBC Standards Committee Meeting
The DMSC Standards Committee, chaired by Ray Admire, will meet in-person June 20-22, 2023 at the University of Texas at Arlington (DFW). The Standards Committee will convene and complete a final review of the to-be-submitted Model-Based Characteristic (MBC 1.0) tandstandard document, and then do a formalized vote to decide to submit this version of the MBC 1.0 to ANSI. The…
DMSC Standards Committee Readies for MBC Submission from WG
The Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) Working Group (WG) is nearing completion of a new proposed metrology standard: MBC 1.0. WG co-Chair Mark Nielson (TechAzul) has indicated that a finished document should be ready for submission to the DMSC Standards Committee in just a few weeks. The process of moving from WG to the DMSC Standards Committee to ANSI is defined in…
Model-Based Characteristics Working Group
Model-Based Characteristics Working Group The Model-Based Characteristics Working Group launched June 2020 and conducts meetings on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the Month (11a-12p ET) for the purpose of developing a draft proposal for a new ANSI standard for Model-Based Characteristics: Nomenclature, Definitions, Symbols, and Practice. Additional meetings may be added as deliverables demand. Chair: Mark Neilson, TechAzul Co-Chair:…
DMSC SharePoint Offers Insight Into Working Group Activity
In mid-2022, DMSC began the migration from using their Google Drive to using Microsoft SharePoint as the repository for sharing DMSC files and folders. This transition is now nearly complete, with current Working Group (WG) proceedings (and more) being available to all via DMSC SharePoint. Participation has been highly-active by way of the scheduled WG meetings and there has been…
Formation of Standards Committee for the new Model-Based Characteristics Standard
As the Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) Working Group puts the finishing touches on a new, proposed American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard document, preparations are being made to follow the required procedures for submitting the proposed standard to ANSI. DMSC is re-forming the Standards Committee to meet this objective. The next step in the process is a final review and approval…
Model-Based Characteristics Working Group
Model-Based Characteristics Working Group The Model-Based Characteristics Working Group launched June 2020 and conducts meetings on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the Month (11a-12p ET) for the purpose of developing a draft proposal for a new ANSI standard for Model-Based Characteristics: Nomenclature, Definitions, Symbols, and Practice. Chair: Mark Neilson, TechAzul Co-Chair: Curtis Brown, Honeywell FM&T / DMSC President We…
