Title :
Integrating STEP and CORBA for applications interoperability in the future virtual enterprises computer-based infrastructures
Author :
Zarli, Alain ; Amar, Virginie
Author_Institution :
CSTB, Sophia Antipolis, France
Abstract :
Nowadays complex product developments involving numerous actors make more crucial the elaboration of an infrastructure for the “Virtual Enterprise” (VE). New emerging technology such as STEP for representation and exchange of product data, or CORBA in the object oriented distribution field, are designated to be potential cornerstones in the deployment of concurrent engineering in the future VE. The paper aims at investigating the integration of STEP and CORBA as a ground for VE computer based infrastructure (M. Hardwick et al., 1996), and at showing their complementarity for application interoperability. This integration relies on a middleware supported by an Object Request Broker as introduced in CORBA, for STEP product data distribution and concurrent access in the framework of remote heterogeneous applications
Keywords :
client-server systems; electronic data interchange; object-oriented methods; open systems; product development; virtual reality; CORBA; Object Request Broker; STEP product data distribution; VE computer based infrastructure; Virtual Enterprise; application interoperability; computer based infrastructures; concurrent access; concurrent engineering; emerging technology; future virtual enterprises; middleware; object oriented distribution field; product data exchange; product developments; remote heterogeneous applications; Application software; Collaborative work; Communication standards; Computer architecture; Concurrent engineering; Distributed computing; Object oriented modeling; Product development; Standards development; Virtual enterprises;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Information Systems, 1997. IIS '97. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Grand Bahama Island
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8218-3
DOI :
10.1109/IIS.1997.645270
