TY - JOUR
T1 - Harmonising technologies in conceptual models representation
AU - Jardim-Gonçalves, Ricardo
AU - Agostinho, Carlos
AU - Maló, Pedro
AU - Steiger-Garção, Adolfo
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The lack of interoperability among systems, applications, and services has been hindering collaboration between organisations raising the need for integration and cooperation between multiple standard business objects and application protocols. ISO10303-STEP has been acknowledged by most of the industrial companies as the most important family of standards for the integration and exchange of product data under the manufacturing domain. However, STEP standards use technologies unfamiliar to most application developers. This paper presents a platform for the harmonisation of technologies used in the representation and implementation of conceptual models, showing how different standard models and technologies can be unified for industrial benefits, enabling organisations to take the most from all of them. This work results from the research developed and validated in the scope of international research projects involving partners from USA, Europe, Canada, and Australia, under the scope of the IMS SMART-fm, ATHENA IP, and INTEROP NoE European research projects.
AB - The lack of interoperability among systems, applications, and services has been hindering collaboration between organisations raising the need for integration and cooperation between multiple standard business objects and application protocols. ISO10303-STEP has been acknowledged by most of the industrial companies as the most important family of standards for the integration and exchange of product data under the manufacturing domain. However, STEP standards use technologies unfamiliar to most application developers. This paper presents a platform for the harmonisation of technologies used in the representation and implementation of conceptual models, showing how different standard models and technologies can be unified for industrial benefits, enabling organisations to take the most from all of them. This work results from the research developed and validated in the scope of international research projects involving partners from USA, Europe, Canada, and Australia, under the scope of the IMS SMART-fm, ATHENA IP, and INTEROP NoE European research projects.
KW - Collaborative work
KW - Interoperability
KW - Model transformations
KW - Open-standards
KW - Standard for the exchange of product data
KW - STEP
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34547906427&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJPLM.2007.014279
DO - 10.1504/IJPLM.2007.014279
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547906427
SN - 1743-5110
VL - 2
SP - 187
EP - 205
JO - International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management (IJPLM)
JF - International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management (IJPLM)
IS - 2
ER -