Lessons learned developing protocols for the industrial virtual enterprise

The protocols selected and developed by the NIIIP Consortium have been validated in three end-of-cycle demonstrations. In each cycle, a team with expertise in technical product data, object modeling, workflow management, security, and knowledge representation came together and demonstrated how technical barriers to the dynamic creation, operation and dissolution of "virtual enterprises" are overcome by the NIII protocols. This paper describes the protocols that were selected and developed by the product data team and makes predictions about how they will affect the future development and deployment of standard product data. 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2000
• Where: CAD
• Authors: Martin Hardwick, K. C. Morris, David L. Spooner, Tom Rando, Peter Denno
• Keywords: CAD 2000, Product Data, Product Data Team, Technical Product Data, Theoretical Computer Science