About the status
We decide to offer a easy to use tool to the managers. The simple way to provide management overview is acheaved by the means of the "status" (that can be assigned to the equipements or the relations).
This simple and easy to understand status is designed to be a management status.
The concept of "active/inactive" equipement is generally in-ambiguous, the only problem is the "why". This is typically a management problem, i.e. a problem related to the definition we give to the elements and to the process that the organisation must support.
Thanks to the notes, and the easy way to see the relations and to define categories, the application helps to understand the "why".It provides to the manager an easy way to understand the evolution (or the throubles) of the assets.