Configuration Management Glossary

Refers to the need for Serviceability and Manufacturability requirements that should also include safety considerations to ensure that manufacturing, maintenance, and repair can be performed safely. This does not refer to Safety requirements from the perspective of the customer or the use of the product. These fall under the category of Function.
_{Source: The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification}

A numeric or alphanumeric sequentially issued identifier used to designate a specific instance of a product among like products.
_{Source: MIL-HDBK-61B}

The ease with which a part can be serviced, taking into account accessibility, replaceability, safety, modularity, labeling, diagnostics, and availability of documentation, training materials, and augmented reality assistance.
_{Source: The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification}

The ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
_{Source: UN World Commission on Environment and Development – Our Common Future (1987)}

The set of rules governing the structure of sentences in a language or programming language that ensures that its meaning is clear and unambiguous.
_{Source: The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification}