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ELEMENT 8 WORKFORCE & TRAINING
An Introduction to
ISO 15926
November 2011
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An Introduction to
ISO 15926
November 2011
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Fiatech has produced this book at the request of and for the benefit of its members, and in
cooperation with the POSC Caesar Association. We wish to acknowledge the contributions of
those individuals whose efforts and input have significantly influenced this publication.
Notably, this book was produced by a project team who voluntarily carried out the objective
to provide an introductory document for the Capitol Projects Industry. This team consisted of:
Manoj Dharwadkar, Director, Product Management, Bentley Systems; Glen Worrall, Solutions
Architect, Bentley Systems; Onno Paap, Data Integration Manager, Fluor; Faith Junghans, Pres-
ident, Faithful Engineering; Chris Schwander, Consulting Engineer, DuPont; and Alan Johnst
ELEMENT 8 WORKFORCE & TRAINING An Introductio
An Introduction to ISO 15926 No
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Fiatech has produced this book a
PREFACE Fiatech (www.fiatech.org) is an industry-
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 5: GETTING STARTED WITH ISO 15926
INTRODUCTION Introduction to ISO 15926 If you a
The situation is improving. A few years ago engin
• The owner will open the link to the engineer’
absorbs the unconscious mental frequencies from t
that a large proportion of plant information will
Use a mental dictionary to translate Cantonese
Although it describes some complex technology and
Why We Need ISO 15926 Traditional ways of exchan
who need to exchange information all work with th
Development of Enabling Infrastructure One aspec
Open-source and commercial tools exist to assist
CHAPTER 1: WHY WE NEED ISO 15926 It is difficult
what it means in information exchanges. After un
Fig 1.2 Putting information in an ISO 15926 bag.
No one really liked this (as in “I really liked t
Seal Flush Pressure: 1034 Pressure Units:
The Data Sheet Problem Consider a more realistic
The rest require some interpretation: Metric Data
Let’s say you are an engineer working for a const
Of course, in the real world things seldom work o
There is always an easy solution to every human p
Line Number Area Fluid Code Nom Dia S
pair of applications. Conceivably, you could link
benefit is stability of information exchanges. Per
Engineering Application Line Table tag_no dia
temp dTemp Normal Operating Temperature
application, he simply used the appropriate d
Engineering Application Line Table tag_no dia
zation will use it to further their own private i
V 01 44 28 V 02
F F Const EPC 1
information has a standard representation, some e
der will have to fill in the remaining parts of th
Const EPC 2
Some owners these days make turnover in a specific
V VV 01
Previous project information stored as ISO 15926
• ISO 15926 is a single standard to support. The
V 03 ISO 15926 Const 2 EPC 1 Owner
CHAPTER 2: HISTORY OF ISO 15926 The ability to
How we use the
doctor’s office individually to find out if he or s
Suppose one such friend is Bill, who owes me a bi
Ontology of Things That Will Carry a
“I have data I want to keep for decades. Should I
cause it will take a certain amount of time to up
markup tags freed document creators from having t
XML Validated by XML Schema Compa
minimize the variability of parts by reducing a d
U.S. ISO DoD
change drawings with each other and with the DoD.
surements that will be used for comparison in dif
ISO NIST T
other—knowing their work will coordinate in the e
This AP is a mechanism for maintaining the inform
The Process Industries STEP Consortia With the p
were themselves made up of other consortia. The a
PIPPIN The Pilot Implementation of Process Plant
The Japan Electric Measuring Instruments Manufact
names. As a consortium, EPISTLE directly supporte
useful today as a starting point for anyone seeki
Summit & Reception in Houston on 8 November 2006,
APs by their nature overlap with each other and i
ISO European TC184 SC4
EPISTLE’s idea was that if you break data down in
ISO European TC184 SC4
For planning, Fiatech developed what it calls its
If only we could exchange CAD drawin
can be read by another. A translator based on the
CHAPTER 3: HOW DOES ISO 15926 WORK? The full ti
plug to integrate their products). But if they in
Example 2: Integration and Interoperability with
Procurement A Construction A A A A A A Engine
Engineering Procurement Construction Operations
Fig. 3.6 The parts of ISO 15926. Part 2: Data
you, dear reader, are a native English speaker yo
in French, cook in German, type in Greek, and can
data so that the “obvious” explanation is the cor
by pulling in the individual parts as required an
To review, Part 2 defines the rules and constraint
Where it gets complicated is differentiating betw
The import map into the second application would
many engineering standards for various parts of t
Fig. 3.14 Cloud of federated RDLs. To review,
15926 so that it can be translated by your busine
class_of_person `woman' class_of_person `man' c
ably 1:00 in the morning. Walking their dog Willy
Property Quantification Classified Classified
But what if we told you that your only requiremen
End of London, England, and the other a French Ca
Part 9: Implementation Methods for the Integratio
ISO15926-2 Axiomatic concepts such as thing, cla
Other Parts of ISO 15926 Astute readers will not
Let’s Just Exchange Raw Data and Figure It Out To
“Do you retain any information of the source of t
Fig. 3.24 Common reference data library. This i
When new terms are introduced, you will still nee
Fig. 3.25 Use ISO 15926-4 for information exchang
you are using them correctly and will have to dis
Fig. 3.26 Use templates to make modeling easier.
from the structure of the data in the neutral file
Fig. 3.27 Automating the process. Level of Co
In turn, you program your cell phone to ask these
Fig. 3.28 Automating the process with security
CHAPTER 4: CURRENT EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF ISO 159
in which this is happening: in production oil
umes on an asset. POSC Caesar will make the exist
five-level hierarchal model of a manufacturing fac
Fig. 4.1 O&M reference information environment.
specified and piloted prior to actual implementati
• There will be many levels of certification. The
iRING iRING is more or less a brand name for an
adopting ISO 15926 by highlighting implementa
the others, whereas another may record the locati
Automating Equipment Information Exchange The Au
CHAPTER 5: GETTING STARTED WITH ISO 15926 A det
proof-of-concept software that will more or less
mation with someone and thus find out too late
two applications. (Note here that we did not spec
A better way is to make the exchange mechanism as
Tools When the project is ready for execution, t
Now, however, software is available under an open
have already been written and are available under
APPENDIX A: THE PARTS OF ISO 15926 This appendi
Part 2 Formal name: Data Model Publication date
Part 6 Formal name: Scope and Representation for
for a way to test systems to see how well they co
APPENDIX B: COMPLIANCE WITH ISO 15926 ISO 15926
Functional capability Export interface Import
Any File This exchange uses a neutral file, as op
URIs Resolvable in Shared Reference Data Librarie
conforms to the intent of ISO 15926. ISO This
Functional Capability This category measures the
APPENDIX C: EXAMPLES OF DATABASE MAPPING In thi
Fig. C.1 Figure out each exchange every time.
EMCA Table Name
ACME
We may obtain some clues by looking into the data
tremely improbable that a valve will be measured
example of this is EMCA’s column name HOLD. If EM
number but in a separate table based on an arbitr
• They will spend a bit of time to develop a com
wej The nominal pressure rating for a piping
Neutral File Klingon Da
drawing_no_piping_ortho maintenance_tracking_no p
Neutral File
and may find that some terms conflict with their ow
At the end of this appendix we have included a br
SEQUENCE NUMBER http:/rdl.rdlfacade.orgdata#R
Neutral File Database M
Fig. C.16 Use ISO 15926-4 for information exchang
stance (to reuse an example from the Introduction
• EMCA receives the neutral file and processes it
metaphor about making inferences. Suppose we were
Class: The URI of the Class Pressure Transmitter
lndirectPropertyScaleReal Individual Property
lndirectPropertyScaleReal Individual Property
Using the RDS/WIP The RDS/WIP was commissioned i
Examples In the search box, search for the items
APPENDIX D: OTHER RESOURCES Information Modeli
Hans Teijgeler has been influential in developing
POSC Caesar Association https:/www.posccaesar.or
Other Organizations MIMOSA http:/www.mimosa.org
RDS Browsers The classes that make up Part 4, th
ver must often operate on what is left of the pro
• Capital Facilities Information Handover Guide,
GLOSSARY OF CONCEPTS There are already enough g
there being a ready supply of black wool? Wouldn’
meant, ‘there’s a nice knock-down argument for yo
Depending on the purpose of your taxonomy, you mi
If you are a Start Trek fan and have watched one
Strong coupling: You install the light and let y
In this example, you reduce the Corvette Stingray
Uniform Resource Identifier You can think of a UR
3925 West Braker Lane (R4500) Austin, TX 78759-53