EXO:FDM is the application for managing function or technology data spanning the complete life cycle of this type of product related data from the early stages of requirements engineering until the validation of measured data of newly designed components against the requirements. EXO:FDM is the reference implementation of the prostep ivip FDX (Functional Data eXchange) standard which is based on ASAM ATFX / ODS. EXO:FDM supports specific models for every component managed by the platform.