2. Glossary

Note

Most of the following definitions use the term plmobject to refer to a part or a document.

assembly

a subset of components. We define an assembly creating some link(s) between one part (parent) and one or more part (s) (children).

BOM

Bill Of Material is a list of all part s, including quantities, necessary to assemble/manufacture a product.

cancel

specific state a user utilizes to cancel a plmobject (note we can’t delete anything in OpenPLM).

clone

duplicate a plmobject (copy all its content) without creating a link between the original and the new plmobject s

company (user)

company (can be changed to another name during initialisation phase) is a special and unique user. He is the creator of the first group and he sponsors the first user s. He also owns all official plmobject s.

decompose

all terms related to decompose refer to the fact of spliting a part in multiples sub- assembly (or subset) or part s

demote

demote a plmobject means to move backward from one state to another in its lifecycle

document

a container for files or similar contents (like an online resource). Creating links between document s and part s helps us specifying a product or a sub- assembly (or subset) of product.

group

a group of user s and plmobject s. Some specific rights on plmobject s who belong to a group are allocated to user s who belong to the same group. May be the term group is not the best one and we could use the term workspace or project.

lifecycle

a sequence of state (or status) a plmobject can take

officialize

promote a plmobject to its official state

owner

a user who have all rights on a plmobject

part

a real life product or service or a subset of them in OpenPLM. Creating links between parts helps us defining assembly s sub- assembly s and, hence, a full product structure (and BOM).

PLM

Product Lifecycle Management is professional application which manage product development activities. It helps people collaborating on the same product development and it ensures a tracability of the product definition (from its early stage of development to its end of life).

plmobject

(developer term) a part or a document

promote

promote a plmobject means to move forward from one state to another in its lifecycle

publish

make a plmobject accessible to anonymous user s

publisher

a user who has the right to publish a plmobject

signer

a user who can promote or demote a plmobject

state

state of a plmobject (can be draft, official, cancel, ...)

user

a real life person registered in OpenPLM

unpublish

remove anonymous access of a plmobject