Issue 1744:  Add relationships from most main objects to documents (pdm-rtf)
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Nature:  Revision
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Summary: Summary: C)	Add relationships from most main objects to documents, especially from the Configuration, 
 Changemanagement and Manufacturing module. In a real construction process, every single step 
 and every configuration needs to be properly documented. In most main elements (ItemSolution, 
 ProductComponent, ProductFunction etc.) there is only one field ”description”, which cannot 
 fulfill the need for complete documentation. Therefore we suggest relationships from 
 DocumentMasters to: ItemSolution, ProductComponent, ProductClass, ProductFunction, 
 Specification, Configuration (from Configuration module), to ProcessStep (from Manufacturing) 
 and to EngChangeItem, EngChangeRequest, EngChangeOrder (from Change management). A 
 technically correct way for these changes would be the creation of an new Interface 
 ”Documentable” from which all main elements would inherit (like they do from Qualifiable or 
 Attributable) and to have a single relationship from the DocumentMaster to the ”Documentable” 
 object, simultaniously eliminating all specialised relationships to and from DocumentMaster or 
 DocumentRevision.

Resolution: 
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
July 27, 1998: received issue
August 24, 1999: closed issue
Discussion: 

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New desired features and changes to the existing version 
of the PdmEnabler-Specification 1.0.



To fulfill the needs of SAP we would like to see the following
additions and changes added to the 
PdmEnablers. We believe that the suggested changes will be useful not
only for the SAP but for many 
users currently dealing with the Enablers and will help to overcome
some shortcomings in the current 
release 1.0.


C)	Add relationships from most main objects to documents,
especially from the Configuration, 
Changemanagement and Manufacturing module. In a real construction
process, every single step 
and every configuration needs to be properly documented. In most main
elements (ItemSolution, 
ProductComponent, ProductFunction etc.) there is only one fiel
ddescriptino, which cannot 
fulfill the need for complete documentation. Therefore we suggest
relationships from 
DocumentMasters to: ItemSolution, ProductComponent, ProductClass,
ProductFunction, 
Specification, Configuration (from Configuration module), to
ProcessStep (from Manufacturing) 
and to EngChangeItem, EngChangeRequest, EngChangeOrder (from Change
management). A 
technically correct way for these changes would be the creation of an
new Interface
 Documentabel from which all main elements would inherit (like they do
from Qualifiable or 
Attributable) and to have a single relationship from the
DocumentMaster to th eDocumentabel 
object, simultaniously eliminating all specialised relationships to
and from DocumentMaster or 
DocumentRevision