Software architecture to facilitate automated message recording and context annotation

David T. McWherter; Vera Zaychik; Erik E. Hayes; William C. Regli; Jonathan Sevy

doi:10.1117/12.411773

29 December 2000 Software architecture to facilitate automated message recording and context annotation

David T. McWherter, Vera Zaychik, Erik E. Hayes, William C. Regli, Jonathan Sevy

Proceedings Volume 4208, Network Intelligence: Internet-based Manufacturing; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.411773
Event: Information Technologies 2000, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

The complexities of product engineering frequently require teams of agents, both human and digital, working together to take a product through its life-cycle. Increasingly, manufacturers, designers and project planners belong to different design teams, in different corporate organizations in a supply network, separated by large geographic distances. This paper describes the software architecture of the Collaborative Design Studio environment we are developing to support Networked Engineering. We provide the framework enabling communications exchanged during design and manufacturing activities to be annotated with design context information and archived for future reference. We present an XML-based message model to encapsulate relationships between design context and designers' communications. As a proof-of-concept, are creating a Networked Engineering Environment with integrated email, instant messaging, collaborative work, text-editing and CAD/CAM packages.

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David T. McWherter, Vera Zaychik, Erik E. Hayes, William C. Regli, and Jonathan Sevy "Software architecture to facilitate automated message recording and context annotation", Proc. SPIE 4208, Network Intelligence: Internet-based Manufacturing, (29 December 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.411773

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