Data descriptions are always standardized when a large number of applications use the same information and several people in several companies exchange information. Similarly, if the information is to be further processed in different ways, it makes sense to apply standards in a structured form. This is the case, for example, when data from specification systems is used for runtime systems and for documentation purposes.
ODX ISO 22901-1
ODX (Open Diagnostic data eXchange) describes an XML format for exchanging diagnostic data.
