A generic architecture to synchronise design models issued from heterogeneous business tools: towards more interoperability between design expertises |
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Authors: | Sabeur?Bettaieb Email author" target="_blank">Frédéric?No?lEmail author |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratoire G-SCOP, INPG, UJF, CNRS, 1025, Rue de la piscine, B. P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France |
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Abstract: | Product development involves many experts collaborating to the same design goal. Every expert has his own formalisms and tools leading to a high heterogeneity of information systems supporting design activities. Interoperability became a major challenge to avoid information incompatibility along the product life cycle. To synchronise heterogeneous representations of product will be a major step to integrate expert activities. In this paper, the authors propose a meta-model framework to connect together heterogeneous design models. This meta-model framework is used to formalise possible interactions between heterogeneous representations. Interaction formalisation is considered as a key point to synchronise heterogeneous models and to provide more interoperability between various computer assisted systems. The synchronisation loop is also presented as a major sequence of activities to manage collaborative design. Tools to support synchronisation are proposed. However, through a basic case study, authors highlight what can be automated and where human intervention is still expected. |
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Keywords: | Collaborative design Interoperability Heterogeneous models Synchronisation Multi-representation |
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