(DMSC: Burleson, TX) -- On Dec. 19, 2013, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved the Quality Information Framework, v. 1.0 (QIF v1.0) as an ANSI standard. This new standard covers the digital interoperability needs for a wide variety of uses including feature-based dimensional metrology, quality measurement planning, first article inspection, and discrete quality measurement.

The QIF standard was designed to meet the highest industry requirements and to satisfy technological gaps that have traditionally cost industry hundreds of millions of dollars annually. QIF v1.0 provides a standardized solution for defining and exchanging measurement scope (e.g., bill of characteristics), measurement plans, and measurement results.

QIF aims to define an integrated set of XML information models which enable the effective exchange of metrology data throughout the entire manufacturing quality measurement process—from product design to inspection planning to execution and analysis. QIF v1.0 models include quality characteristics (e.g., tolerances) and measurement features as defined in the ASME Y14.5 specification and the Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard (DMIS).

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