Open standard, open source and peer-to-peer tools and methods for collaborative product development

Authors:
Hayder Aziz;James Gao;Paul Maropoulos;Wai M. Cheung
Affiliations:
Enterprise Integration, Cranfield University, UK;Enterprise Integration, Cranfield University, UK;School of Engineering, University of Durham, UK;School of Engineering, University of Durham, UK
Venue:
Computers in Industry
Year:
2005

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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.