Interoperability in the Manufacturing Sector

Dr. Steven RayNational Institute of Standards & Technology

ray@nist.gov

A Global Interoperability Challenge

Message SyntaxXML DTD, XML Schema, XDR, SOX

Message FormatOAG, BizTalk, SOAP, OASIS,

ebXML, RosettaNet

Business Information ModelOAG, RosettaNet, cXML, CBL,

ebXML, HL7, XML/EDI

Horizontal ContentOAG, RosettaNet, cXML, CBL, OMG, eCo, boleroXML,

eBIS-XML, STEPml, HL7, PDX, ebXML, XML/EDI

Sector ContentAutomotive, Healthcare, Aerospace, Electronics

Regional Differences Impede Interoperability

Different Sectors Must Interoperate

ConstructionConstruction

Health CareHealth Care

AutomotiveAutomotiveAerospaceAerospace

TextilesTextilesElectronicsElectronics

ChemistryChemistry

FinanceFinance

The 3 Legs of Effective StandardsThe 3 Legs of Effective Standards

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StandardsOrganizations,

Consortia,NIST

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Partners

Manufacturers,Consortia,

NIST

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Customer’s Testing Needs

NIST

ManufacturersSoftware Developers

Can this standard support what my software can do?

How well does this vendor’s software conform to the standard?

Why aren’t our two applications communicating well?

How do I need to augment my product to be conformant?

Conformance Testing

ManufacturingB2B

MetrologyInteroperability

ProcessPlant

Construction

IntegratedCircuit

Manufacturing

Government

Semantic Web R&D

“Generic” Data Exchange Infrastructure Testing(XML, XSL, ebXML, DOM …)

SemanticIntegration

Automotive InventoryVisibility

CAD SimulationIntegration

Interoperability Test Bed

Enterprise Integration TechnologyEnterprise Integration TechnologyGrowth CurveGrowth Curve

IBM Card IBM Card FormatFormat

EDIEDI

XMLXMLMetadataMetadata

MetamodelsMetamodels

Meta-meta-Meta-meta-modelsmodels

RDF/OWLRDF/OWL

XMLXMLSchemaSchema

BPML/BPML/BPELBPEL

CBACBA

Semantic Semantic MediatioMediationn

WebWeb Services Services ProtocolsProtocols

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LegacyLegacy

Current PracticeCurrent Practice

ExploratoryExploratory

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Info ModelingInfo Modeling

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(Slide adapted from Donald Hall, Logistics Enterprise Services Office, DLA)

Manufacturing Interoperability at NIST