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.