Title :
Engineering data management: achieving integration through database technology
Author :
Urban, Susan D. ; Shah, Jami J. ; Rogers, Mary T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Arizona State Univ., Temple, AZ, USA
fDate :
6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An architecture is given for engineering data management that incorporates current work on engineering product standards as well as current work in database research. In particular, a framework that views an engineering design environment as an integrated, heterogeneous database system is presented. This integrated view of data makes use of data exchange standards in PDES/STEP, presenting a framework for the representation of meta data that describes an object-oriented view of data and supports an object-oriented query language for the retrieval of data from multiple data sources. How the use of active database technology supports a rule-based approach to constraint propagation and change notification is also described
Keywords :
constraint handling; deductive databases; electronic data interchange; engineering computing; object-oriented databases; query languages; standards; PDES/STEP; active database technology; change notification; constraint propagation; data exchange standards; database research; engineering data management; engineering design environment; engineering product standards; heterogeneous database system; integrated view; meta data; multiple data sources; object-oriented query language; object-oriented view; rule-based approach;
Journal_Title :
Computing & Control Engineering Journal
