General product data can be described in <general-product-data-1>. This topic covers the following items:

General product description (<product-desc>)
 
Function Overview (<function-overview>)
An overview of the functions of the part type
<key-data>
A brief overview of the key data of the part type
Product demarcation<product-demarcation>
Description of the demarcating charcateristics to similar products
Similar Products<similar-products>
Description of the products similar to this part type
<general-hardware>
General definitions about hardware requirements
<general-software>
General definitions about software requirements
<general-interfaces>
General definitions about the product interfaces
<failure-management>
Description of failure-save concept (<fail-save-concept>), <fmea> and <self-diagnosis> of the part type.
<resource-allocation>
Specification of the resource allocation
<calibration>
Genaral specification of the calibrations of characteristics of the part type.
<safety>
Informations about the saftey measures for the operation of the part type.
<quality>
General specification of the quality of the part type.
<maintenance>
Information about the maintenance of the part type.
General conditions (<general-cond>)
 
Additional design documentations (<add-design-doc>)
 
Development process specifications (<development-process-spec>)
 
Additional specifications (<add-spec>)

Figure 3: Structure of general product data