The KBL is used by various OEMs and suppliers. Usually the KBL is adopted to their particular processes. The following documents decribe company specific extensions and adoptions:
For each Version several documents are distributed:
The VDA / PSI recommendation Harness Description List (KBL) defines an information model, a data dictionary, and an XML schema derived from and compliant to the model. The intention of the model was to cover a wide range of use cases and application scenarios. For this reason the specification had to be kept generic in some degree and in some aspects. However, for specific scenarios and / or use cases a more detailed description on “how the different pieces fit together” is possible. More...
This version contains some minor bug fixes and improvements. More...
This version incorporates the results of the harmonization activities and eliminates various dialects. More...
KBL 2.2 was the first XML based version of the standard. More...