What's New

Each version represents a improvement to the current prototype to describe the System Description for a system-of-interest. The system-of-interest may be any-thing.

Changes since the last update:


Version 1.4 20-May-2022

Improved System Classifications

Improved Social System - Human Activity System relationship

Improved Introduction of the System Breakdown Structure name for Figure 2 15288:2015.

Improved focus on System-of-Interest and relationship to a Thing.

Version 1.3 21-July-2021

Improved accessibility

Improved PDF (links now working)

Improved website feedback mechanisms.

Version 1.2 21-June-2021

Section 'living systems' changed to 'natural systems' to account for abiotic and biotic elements

Initial prototypes for abiotic systems: molecule, atom, thermodynamic system

Version 1.1 21-May-2021

Split conceptual model for a system into 3 parts. To simplify the model.

Updates and minor edits

Version 1.0 26-January-2021

The System Description is created to bring together all information related to the creation and use of a system description. The website consists of the concepts, system description for a system, patterns and living system information. The full bibliography is provided.

The other sub-domain is the System Description Architecture Description Framework that provides the instructions for generating the sections in a system description.