ASTM Int'l Approves International Physical Location Information Standard
July 3, 2006
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ASTM International Committee E 53 on Property Management Systems approved standard ASTM E 2499 - Standard Practice for Classification of Equipment Physical Location Information.
The goal of the standard, which is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee E53.01 on Process Management, is to standardize practices and terminology related to information that conveys the physical location of equipment.
According to James Dieter, manger, IT sector government property and transportation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, ASTM E 2499 is a basic building block for the property management profession. "The concept involved is not groundbreaking," said Dieter. "Rather, it documents and standardizes an approach to the nomenclature and organization of location information. Physical location is, of course, a key basic attribute relevant to the tracking of equipment in most environments."
The heart of AST E 2499 is its description of 10 increasingly specific levels of equipment physical location information beginning with Physical Location Level 1, space location (representing the position of an item if other than on or near the face of the earth) and ending with the item's precise location (PPL 10). Levels along the way include country location (PPL 2), building location (PPL 5) and desk/shelf location (PPL 9).
Property and asset management professionals, as well as anyone working in fields where shipments and packages need to be tracked would benefit from the use of ASTM E 2499, said Dieter. Using the standard will enable broader understanding and interoperability and reusability of location data in reports and equipment software tracking systems.
Source: ASTM International.