ISO TC184/SC4/WG10 Architecture N112
Date: 1997-06-01
Source: Deputy Convener
ISO TC184/SC4 Meeting
1997-06-06
San Diego CA, USA
SC4 Resolution
Preliminary Work Item Proposal: SGML and Industrial Data
from WG10
The following sections set out the rationale and description of the proposed Preliminary Work Item.
SGML and Industrial Data
1997-06-06
Bernd G. Wenzel
EuroSTEP GmbH
Ganghoferstr. 7b
D-83043 Bad Aibling
Germany
Phone: +49-8061-37232
Fax: +49-8061-92018
Mobile: +46-708-204440
Email: BG_Wenzel@compuserve.com
See list of technical participants below.
| Nigel Shaw EuroSTEP Limited Castell, Bodfari Denbigh Clydd UK LL16 4HT Tel: +44 1745 710677 Fax: +44 1745 710688 E-mail: nigel.shaw@eurostep.co.uk |
Daniel Rivers-Moore Rivcom Limited Unit 9, Lotmead Business Village Wanborough Swindon Wiltshire SN4 0UY UK Tel: +44 1793 790802 Fax: +44 1793 790212 E-mail: daniel.rivers-moore@rivcom.com |
The SGML family of standards is highly important in the publications domain. The SC4 family of standards is set up to enable the exchange and sharing of product and product related information. Product documentation obviously belongs into both worlds.
This project will investigate ways to increase the interoperability between both families of standards for the benefit of product definition, product documentation, and beyond. The project is intended to create one or more NWIPs for subjects such as:
It is intended to release a consistent series of NWIPs according to priorities derived from industry requirements and technical considerations for the SC4 family of standards. The project will also assess potential impacts on existing SC4 standards.
Not applicable
It is obvious, that industry needs product documentation and product definition. Both form important parts of the consistent product information infrastructure that industry would like to have. In addition, some pieces of product documentation (should) show up in a product parts list, such as the owner's manual in the bill-of-materials of a car.
Information within the product documentation often are reused in multiple documentation by-products which support the product such as technical manuals, user manuals and training manuals. SGML facilitates the capability to reuse information which could mean significantly less time to market and cost for product documentation.
The fact that several workshops have been conducted on this STEP/SGML interoprability, many proposals have been made along those lines, and a few prototypes for various of the above aspects have been built, supports this statement.Within SC4, awareness of these issues can be found among others in WG3/T14 (Product Documentation), AP212, AP214, AP221, AP232 and PLIB.
This project will initiate the development of enabling technology for the benefit of all SC4 standards and projects. The project will require participation from experts in:
The need for formal liaison with ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 Document Processing and Related Communication - Document Description and Processing Languages will be considered at an early stage of the project.
To be determined within the proposed project. It is anticipated that the project may identify requirements for resource level data models that support the use of SGML and SC4's industrial data standards.
| Bernd G. Wenzel | (part-time Stage 0 phase) | Germany |
| Nigel Shaw | (part-time Stage 0 phase) | UK |
| Daniel Rivers-Moore | (part-time Stage 0 phase) | UK |
| Hugh Tucker | (part-time Stage 0 phase) | Denmark |
| Betty Harvey | (part-time Stage 0 phase) | USA |
| Julian Fowler | (part-time Stage 0 phase) | UK |
| Reinhard Nerke | (part-time Stage 0 phase) | Germany |
| Philippe Debras | (part-time Stage 0 phase) | France |
| PDES, Inc. representative | (part-time Stage 0 phase) | PDES, Inc. |
| Juergen Mohrmann | (part-time Stage 0 phase) | ProSTEP |
This is a typical planning project, targetted to create several NWIPs. Therefore the schedules are to be defined by the project.
The objective of this resolution is to add a Preliminary Work Item as described above to the SC4 programme of work, as part of the activities of WG10 "Architecture".
SC4 approves the Preliminary Work Item on SGML and industrial data described in document WG10 N112 and appoints Nigel Shaw and Daniel Rivers-Moore as joint Project Leaders. This project is assigned to WG10.