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The proliferation of proprietary design info exchange formats is causing high costs to manufacturers. The standards solution is offered as both attainable and worth the effort. A design information exchange standards development life-cycle is proposed.
Citation
Published in the Collaboration & Interoperability Market Report 2008, pp. 51 53
Horst, J.
(2008),
Proprietary Design Information and Fruit Pies, Published in the Collaboration & Interoperability Market Report 2008, pp. 51 53, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=824743, http://www.longviewadvisors.com
(Accessed October 27, 2025)