ISO 16100-6:2018 PDF

Overview

ISO 16100-6:2018 is part of the ISO 16100 series on manufacturing software capability profiling for interoperability. This part defines the detailed interface services and protocols required to match capability profiles when multiple capability class structures are used. It specifies service groups, protocol flows and the precise contents of the capability profile template elements needed to enable automated, vendor-neutral matching of manufacturing software capabilities.

Key topics and requirements

• Service groups and interfaces
  • CPTI (Capability Profile Template Interface) Service Group - create/access/modify/validate/delete templates.
  • Extended CPI (Capability Profile Interface) Service Group - extended services for creating and managing capability profiles.
  • Extended Matcher Interface Service Group - extended matching services and conformance testing for matchers.
  • CCSI (Capability Class Structure Interface) Service Group - create/register/access/modify capability class structures for reference manufacturing domain models.
• Detailed protocol specifications
  • Formal ESI (Extended Service Interface) protocol descriptions for each service group, including message flows for creation, access, modification, validation and deletion.
  • Protocols and service definitions intended for machine-to-machine implementations (warning on language translations).
• Supporting artefacts and mappings
  • Definitions and procedures for dictionary import services, mapping Parts Library (PLIB) and other taxonomies (OTD) to Model Driven Definitions (MDDs).
  • Informative annexes with the capability model, simplified matching examples, profile generation and matching procedures.
• Conformance and testing
  • Procedures and service-level requirements to enable conformance testing of matcher implementations.

Practical applications

• Enables interoperability between manufacturing application software by providing a standardized method to represent and match software capabilities across vendors.
• Supports automated discovery and selection of software components based on capability profiles during system integration, procurement, or migration.
• Useful for building integration tools, capability registries, matchers, and repositories that require machine-readable templates, profiles and class structures.
• Helps reduce vendor lock-in by enabling modular system architectures and clearer capability descriptions across life-cycle phases.

Who should use this standard

• Manufacturing software vendors and integrators implementing capability profiling and matching.
• System architects, enterprise integrators and tool vendors developing registries, matchers or capability repositories.
• Standards developers and test labs creating conformance tests for capability-profile-based interoperability.

Related standards

• ISO 16100 series (other parts for capability model and profile definitions)
• ISO 16100-3:2005 (Type 1/2/3 service definitions referenced and extended here)
• ISO 16100-5:2009 (reference manufacturing domain models and MDDs)

Keywords: ISO 16100-6, capability profiling, manufacturing software, interoperability, CPTI, CPI, CCSI, matcher, protocol, capability profile template, PLIB, MDD.