The Prognostics Framework establishes an object oriented information framework for system health monitoring. The information framework can display or log any relevant information.

The object oriented information framework established by the Prognostics Framework can be used to integrate any other equipment-specific prognostic and trending technique into an overall system-level health management system. The Prognostic Framework is capable of integrating other prognostic techniques that are highly specific to various equipment classes and failure modes into the overall framework, such as oil monitoring systems, vibration analysis systems, thermo graphic/video imaging, etc.   Integration of prognostic techniques into the Prognostics Framework is accomplished by defining the processed results of those techniques as one (or several) test/sensor inputs to the model, including fault/symptom coverage, impact of failures on system functions and criticality. If the prognostic technique has its own user interface, the Prognostics Framework run-time user interface then has the capability to display that interface at any time. 

The information architecture used in the Prognostics Framework is powerful and flexible. Models for specific pieces of equipment can be combined into the overall system hierarchy and test/sensor inferences and interdependencies across the system level can be defined.