Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10353337 | Computers in Industry | 2005 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
This paper reports on a collaborative product development and knowledge management platform for small to medium enterprises. It has been recognised that current product lifecycle management (PLM) implementations are document oriented, have a non-customisable data model and inter-enterprise integration difficulties. To overcome these, an ontological knowledge management methodology utilising the semantic web initiative data formats was added to a PLM and an open source alternative. Shortcomings of centralised architectures are highlighted and a solution using a de-centralised architecture proposed. This is implementable at low cost; the scalability increases in line with user numbers. Ontologies, rules and workflows are reusable and extendable.
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Authors
Hayder Aziz, James Gao, Paul Maropoulos, Wai M. Cheung,