Data is needed to support all kind of maintenance management activities e.g. in form of registers, procedures and schedules. Moreover, for predictive-proactive maintenance strategies, such as Total Quality Maintenance (TQMain), the ability to monitor performance is a prerequisite for cost-effective management of maintenance. To achieve this, the common database concept was promoted for the definition and collection of a relevant data-set for maintenance management. When defining and collecting a relevant set of data, one will face several challenges, whereas this paper covers following: 1) Connection to full decision-making process, 2) Data filtration, 3) Data heterogeneity, 4) Standardised data and 5) Flexibility. Today, several standards are available which are supporting data definition and information integration within maintenance management. This paper explores the possibilities to use five of these in order to realise the common database concept: EN 13460, EN15341, OSA-EAI, OSA-CBM and IEC62264. The main conclusion is that no standard could fully support the realisation of the common database concept, and due to this, this paper suggests combining two or more standards for achieving the goals. The results in this paper could be used for the selection of appropriate standard to utilise, depending on the challenge to overcome.