Foreword

This PAS was sponsored by the Construction Products Association (CPA). Its development was facilitated by BSI Standards Limited and it was published under licence from The British Standards Institution. It came into effect on 31 July 2020.

Acknowledgement is given to Carl Collins, as the Technical Author of this PAS, and the following organizations that were involved in the development of this PAS as members of the steering group:

• Autodesk Ltd.
• British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers Association (BEAMA)
• buildingSMART
• Construction Innovation Hub (CIH)
• Construction Products Association (CPA)
• Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI)
• Institute of Asset Management (IAM)
• The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
• Kingspan
• Legrand Electric Ltd UK and Ireland
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG)
• Peabody
• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
• Transport for London (TfL)
• Willmott Dixon Construction

The following funders of this PAS are also acknowledged:

• CARES
• Kingspan

Acknowledgement is also given to the members of a wider review panel who were consulted in the development of this PAS.

The British Standards Institution retains ownership and copyright of this PAS. BSI Standards Limited as the publisher of the PAS reserves the right to withdraw or amend this PAS on receipt of authoritative advice that it is appropriate to do so. This PAS will be reviewed at intervals not exceeding two years, and any amendments arising from the review will be published as an amended PAS and publicized in Update Standards.

This PAS is not to be regarded as a British Standard. It will be withdrawn upon publication of its content in, or as, a British Standard.

The PAS process enables a specification to be rapidly developed in order to fulfil an immediate need in industry. A PAS can be considered for further development as a British Standard, or constitute part of the UK input into the development of a European or International Standard.

Relationship with other publications

CEN/TC 442 Working Group 4 has ongoing activity relating to data dictionaries that is relevant to this subject area. This PAS compliments BS EN ISO 23386 through the specification of additional national requirements.

Information about this document

Data dictionaries are used by the construction industry to store and retrieve terms (properties) related to construction products and methods.

The purpose of a data dictionary is to standardize those terms and the ways in which machines understand those properties.

For a property to be entered into a data dictionary, a process of agreement and approval is required. To achieve these agreements and approvals, interested parties are invited to share their views so that consensus can be reached.

The grouping of properties into functional sections helps discoverability, comparison and usage of properties.

Groups come in several forms. For example simple groups, such as “Manufacturer Data”, aggregate all the properties that would be required to identify a manufacturer.

Other groups of properties, known as special case groups, can aggregate simple groups into templates to describe product types, for example a Product Data Template (PDT).

Completion of a PDT generates a Product Data Sheet (PDS), which is itself a special case group of properties.

Not all data dictionaries are required to host all the group types and this PAS allows different data dictionaries to host different group functionality.

This publication can be withdrawn, revised, partially superseded or superseded. Information regarding the status of this publication can be found in the Standards Catalogue on the BSI website at bsigroup.com/standards, or by contacting the Customer Services team.

Where websites and webpages have been cited, they are provided for ease of reference and are correct at the time of publication. The location of a webpage or website, or its contents, cannot be guaranteed.

Use of this document

It has been assumed in the preparation of this PAS that the execution of its provisions will be entrusted to appropriately qualified and experienced people, for whose use it has been produced.

Presentational conventions

The provisions of this PAS are presented in roman (i.e. upright) type. Its requirements are expressed in sentences in which the principal auxiliary verb is “shall”.

Commentary, explanation and general informative material is presented in smaller italic type, and does not constitute a normative element.

Where words have alternative spellings, the preferred spelling of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is used (e.g. “organization” rather than “organisation”).

Where URLs for websites and webpages have been cited, they aim to provide ease of reference for the PAS user and are correct at the time of publication. The location of a webpage or website, or its contents cannot be guaranteed.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a PAS cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

PAS 14191:2020

Built environment. Management and operation of interconnected construction data dictionaries. Specification

Current

Published:

31 Jul 2020