TS EN 13306

TS EN 13306 is a terminology standard for maintenance, providing the core terms and definitions used in the field. It supports a common language for maintenance engineering, asset management, operations, and technical services. In practice, clear terminology helps reduce ambiguity when teams discuss maintenance policy, planning, performance, and reporting.

Why maintenance terminology matters

Maintenance is broader than repairing a failed item. It includes preventive, corrective, and predictive approaches, as well as concepts such as maintenance planning, availability, reliability, and maintainability. A terminology standard aligns these concepts so engineers, operators, suppliers, and service providers can use the same words with the same meaning.

Common technical context

• It helps distinguish maintenance events from maintenance strategies.
• It supports consistent wording in specifications, contracts, manuals, and reports.
• It clarifies terminology linked to failure, availability, reliability, and life-cycle management.
• It provides a shared reference for training, procurement, operations, and maintenance management.

This TSE record refers to a withdrawn edition; the subject remains maintenance terminology itself. In general technical context, standards of this kind define concepts rather than impose equipment-specific rules, and they are used to build consistent understanding across different industrial settings.