December 2007 Highlight

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AIAG Plans Use of Newly-Released NIST Naming & Design Rules Test Suite

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NIST has released a test suite for the Open ApplicationsGroup Inc.’s (OAGi) Naming and Design Rules (NDR) 9.0 specification. The new test suite is available on NIST's Quality Of Design (QOD) website: http://www.mel.nist.gov/msid/XML_testbed/tools.html. The test suite tests XML schemas for alignment with the NDR specification. Several different organizations have produced NDRs. The OAGi NDR will be used by a number of industrial groups including the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG).

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Contact: KC Morris, (301)975-8286
Program: Manufacturing Integration