Systems Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA)

The SIMA Program coordinates NIST research efforts to improve interoperability and data integration in the areas of:

Manufacturing eCommerce
Facilitating exchange of manufacturing eCommerce information across all levels in the supply chain

Manufacturing Product Data
Capturing and exploiting design data to improve reusability, manufacturability, and support over the entire product lifecycle

Scientific Data
Developing open standardized formats to make scientific data accessible and exchangeable