Distribution and synchronisation of engineering information using active database technology |
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Authors: | H. Ma H. Johansson K. Orsborn |
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Affiliation: | aPolhem Laboratory, Division of Computer Aided Design, Luleå University of Technology, SE 871 87, Luleå, Sweden;bDepartment of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Box 337, SE 751 05, Uppsala, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Today, work collaboration is normal practice in developing modern products. Engineering collaborative work involves a number of team members that need to share and exchange design ideas while working with engineering analysis tools such as mechanical computer aided engineering systems. This work presents the M-Sync prototype system that uses an active database approach to enable exchange of engineering information among distributed team members in a timely manner. The distributed data is fully accessible by the local member and is automatically synchronised between different places using a database management system that support event-condition-action (ECA) database rules. Only updates introduced at one location are distributed to other locations, thereby minimizing information transfer and enhancing performance. Members working at different locations can therefore work in a peer-to-peer (P2P) manner and interactively manipulate the same set of information at the same time. |
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Keywords: | Engineering information Engineering collaborative work Active database management system ECA database rule Synchronisation Distribution Peer-to-peer |
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