Title :
Data protocols for the industrial virtual enterprise
Author :
Hardwick, Martin ; Spooner, David L. ; Rando, Thomas ; Morris, K.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Abstract :
High performance computer networks allow companies to share data and technology electronically and thus collaborate in virtual enterprises. One barrier to such collaboration is the lack of interoperability among the application systems of different companies-the data produced by the systems at one company cannot be read by those at another. The National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols (NIIP) Consortium was formed to address this problem. The article describes three layered protocols being developed by the NIIP data protocol team
Keywords :
Internet; business communication; business data processing; electronic data interchange; open systems; protocols; EDI; Internet; NIIP Consortium; National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols; collaboration; companies; data protocols; data sharing; electronic data interchange; high performance computer networks; industrial virtual enterprise; interoperability; protocols; Access protocols; Boats; Collaboration; Companies; Costs; Internet; Shipbuilding industry; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Virtual enterprises;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4236.585169
