Difference Pipeline Referencing Foundation and Gas and Pipeline Referencing Utility Network foundation

[Cristian_Galindo]

I am looking for the latest UPDM version, now I found there are kind of two ESRI solutions that include the UPDM. I was reading the presentation page of both of them. 

I would like to hear from you guys, what is the difference between Pipeline Referencing Foundation and Gas and Pipeline Referencing Utility Network foundation

I understand so far that i can with both of the have UPDM instantiated. 

[AyanPalit · Accepted solution]

@Cristian_Galindo Both Gas and Pipeline Referencing Utility Network Foundation and Pipeline Referencing Foundation use the same underlying Utilities and Pipeline Data Model (UPDM) schema. 

At a high-level, the difference lies in the implementation pattern for ArcGIS Utility Network and/or ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing. 

• Use Pipeline Referencing Foundation when managing pipelines with APR (linear referencing).  
• Use Gas and Pipeline Referencing Utility Network Foundation when managing pipelines with Utility Network (connectivity) only OR both Utility Network and APR (using both connectivity and linear referencing). 

There are other differences in the attribute rules, network connectivity constraints that dictate the network behavior for each of the supported patterns.   

[Cristian_Galindo]

@AyanPalit Thanks a lot for your clarification!!!