Applying web-based product libraries

This paper presents progress on a research project about on-line libraries of product information as used by architects, engineers and other design professionals. We present product library assistant intranet, PLA(id), which is a system programmed in Java for organising product library information on the World-Wide Web (WWW). PLA(id) is to be used experimentally in practice contexts to elicit insights into the applicability of on-line libraries of product information.