Options
2003
Journal Article
Titel
Federation of PDM Systems Based on the PDTnet Schema
Abstract
This article describes concepts for and the realization of a federation of PDM systems. The federation supports not only the consolidation of product data within an enterprise but also the implementation of e-collaboration. In this context, a federation of PDM systems refers to the virtual unification of product data that belongs together logically but which is distributed physically over a number of different systems. A typical example of the distribution of product data within an enterprise is when BoM for a product is located on another system. However, there is also substantial application potential for the federation in cross-enterprise product development.