Validating STEP Application Models at the National PDES Testbed Report Series

摘要

The problem of sharing data has many facets. The need for the capability to sharedata across multiple enterprises, different hardware platforms, different data storage paradigms and systems, and a variety of network architectures is growing. The emerging Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP), a project of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), addresses this need by providing information models which clearly and unambiguously describe data. The models are organized into application protocols. An application protocol addresses the data sharing needs for a particular application area. STEP integrates the information requirements from all the application protocols. The validity of these information models is essential for success in sharing data in a highly automated environment. The document describes how application models will be validated in the National PDES Testbed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.