Title :
Engineering databases, tools, and management: an integration framework
Author :
Heiler, S. ; Rosenthal, A.
Author_Institution :
Xerox Adv. Inf. Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
fDate :
Feb. 27 1989-March 3 1989
Abstract :
The authors define their approach to meeting the requirements for EISs (engineering information systems). They describe the notion of a framework of specifications and support services that make interoperable hetergeneous software tools and servers and data repositories to produce EISs. The framework is, essentially a ´glue´ for making incompatible components interoperate. It is independent of the actual components it glues together. The authors contend that a generic glue system is preferable to specific services to glue together an organization´s particular software and data for two reasons: First, it is reusable for any number of organizations, as long as it includes mechanisms for tailoring the results to the requirements of each organization. Second, it automatically provides for extensibility of the resulting systems.<>
Keywords :
database management systems; engineering computing; software tools; data repositories; generic glue system; integration framework; interoperable hetergeneous software tools; management; servers; specifications; tools; Control systems; Data engineering; Databases; Design engineering; Engineering management; Environmental management; Hardware; Power engineering and energy; Software tools; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
COMPCON Spring '89. Thirty-Fourth IEEE Computer Society International Conference: Intellectual Leverage, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1909-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1989.301971