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CIR/TIR Data Modules
The Common Information Repository (CIR) uses a number of data modules to store items of information. The information can then be reused many times elsewhere in the product.
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Before Issue 4.1, the Common Information Repository (CIR) was known as the Technical Information Repository (TIR).
The term CIR is used throughout this document to refer to both CIR and TIR.
CIR data modules contain multiple content structures for the following information. Each CIR data module only contains information of one type. This means that there can be several CIR data modules comprising data modules of the same type and of differing types.
The different types of CIR are as follows:
Issue 4.0.1 and Issue 4.1
Functional Items
Used to uniquely identify an item performing a function in a given system at a given position.
Circuit Breakers
Used to uniquely identify a device used to break properly an electrical circuit or to inactivate an electrical function.
Parts
Used to uniquely identify an item of the product, forming part of an assembly or subassembly, which is not normally broken down further.
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does not permit EXPLICIT CIR referencing. IMPLICIT referencing must be used.
Zones
Used to uniquely identify a structural area of the product.
Access points
Used to uniquely identify an access point to be opened to gain access to the equipment.
Enterprise information
Used to uniquely identify an organization involved in the manufacturing or in the supply of the product or part of it.
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Known as Organizations before Issue 4
does not permit EXPLICIT CIR referencing. IMPLICIT referencing must be used.
Supplies
Used to uniquely identify both the consumable products and their use conditions (consumable requirement and use conditions). It covers any consumables, materials, and expendables required to correctly accomplish a given action, task, or procedure.
• Consumables — For example, oils, greases, paints
• Materials — For example, gasket sheet, sheet metal
• Expendables — For example, O-rings, gaskets, tab washers
Supplies, requirements
Used to capture and represent supplies requirements and use conditions. The supplies requirements identification can be used to uniquely identify the supplies use-conditions. For example, in which case a supply or a group of supplies can be used.
Support equipment
Used to uniquely identify any support equipment required to correctly accomplish a given action, task, or procedure.
Tools
Used to uniquely identify any tool required to correctly accomplish a given action, task, or procedure.
Functional and/or physical areas
The functional and/or physical breakdown is the collection of functional and/or physical areas with their properties and the relationships between them.
Controls and indicators
This information assists personnel in determining the location and function of the controls and indicators.
Issue 4.1 only
Applicability annotations
Used to store externalized applicability annotations for projects which need to externalize the applicability annotations from other data modules. The advantage of externalizing the applicability from other data modules is to simplify data module revisions.
Warnings
Used to collect and centralize in one place, warnings that are used in several data modules. It is an alternative to the warning collection at data module level.
Cautions
Used to collect and centralize in one place, cautions that are used in several data modules. It is an alternative to the caution collection at data module level.
CIR data can be accessed when working in Arbortext Editor, allowing you to insert references to CIR items in a data module. The references will be resolved when publishing so the information is displayed in output.
Referencing CIR Items
CIR references can be set to BOTH, EXPLICIT, or IMPLICIT. By default, CIR is set to BOTH. This selection determines the format in which Arbortext Editor inserts the CIR reference into the data module.
• BOTH. Both EXPLICIT and IMPLICIT CIR referencing methods can be used.
• EXPLICIT. Specifies the exact CIR data module and item that contains the required data.
• IMPLICIT. Searches by reference, in all CIR data modules, to find the required data.
For more information, see Insert a CIR Reference.