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On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:21:41 +0000
"Peter Clifton (petercjclifton AT googlemail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> Unless anyone can present decent augments as to why its approach is
> fundamentally different,  or flawed, I think it would be silly to ignore
> (whilst trying to replicate) the _MANY_ man years of design effort captured
> in STEP AP210 and related standards.
> 
> Ultimately, the complexity and size of that data model is because it aims
> to capture an entire design life cycle, taking into account all the nuances
> and aspects of an incredibly wide scope and representing it in a way that
> has a defined semantic interpretation. This is useful, reusable,
> transferable data which in many ways stands alone from the tools
> manipulating it.

I still believe the concept to start thin with a simple sketch and add more information over time is a good approach. If this is possible with AP210 I do not know.