Challenges to the NII: The Barriers to Product Data Sharing

Published

January 1, 1994

Author(s)

David A. Sauder, Mary Mitchell, Allison Barnard Feeney

Abstract

Industry has a need to share data among functions within its own enterprise and among its suppliers and partners. A standard specification for manufacturing data is needed that can support the entire product development and support life-cycle. The emerging international standard called the Standard for the Exchange of Product Data (STEP) is addressing this need by specifying what data is needed within industrial application areas, how it should be represented, and how it should be exchanged. The Application Protocol Development Environment (APDE) is a software project under development at the National Institute of Standards and technology designed to facilitate the development, acceptance, and use of STEP. This paper discusses the status of STEP, barriers to the development, acceptance, and use of STEP, and the benefits of using STEP in industry. Aspects of the APDE project are also discussed including current status, plans for a STEP information base, use of the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) for facilitating the information base, barriers to the project, and expected benefits for STEP.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5498

Report Number

5498

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5498

Keywords

data sharing, enterprise, manufacturing data, PDES, STEP

Citation

Sauder, D. , Mitchell, M. and Barnard, A. (1994), Challenges to the NII: The Barriers to Product Data Sharing, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5498 (Accessed May 25, 2024)