The Application Protocol Information Base World Wide Web Gateway

Published

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell

Abstract

The Application Protocol Information Base (APIB) is an on-line repository of documents for the Standard for the Exchange of Product model data (STEP, officially ISO 10303 - Product Data Representation and Exchange). Document types in the APIB include STEP Application Protocols and Integrated Resources. Application Protocols are standards that are intended to be implemented in software systems, and Integrated Resources are used by them as building blocks. Application Protocols and Integrated Resources are represented in the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) in the APIB in order to facilitate efficient information search and retrieval. This paper describes a World Wide Web gateway to the APIB, implemented using the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) standard. The APIB gateway allows STEP developers to efficiently search for ISO 10303 standards and supporting information. The only client software required to use the APIB gateway is a third party web browser.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of the 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Conference Dates

September 14-17, 1997

Conference Location

Sacremento, CA

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

Application Protocol Information Base (APIB), ISO 10303, information search, information retrieval, World Wide Web, Common Gateway Interface, CGI

Citation

Lubell, J. (1997), The Application Protocol Information Base World Wide Web Gateway, Proceedings of the 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, Sacremento, CA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=821326 (Accessed January 18, 2025)