Exchange Standards for Electronic Product Data
Abstract
This report addresses the issue of whether or not a family of existing data exchange formats for electronics engineering data is sufficient to achieve integrated engineering environments for electronics design. Three formats, the Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits D- 25x (IPC-D-35x); the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (GES); and the Electronic Design Interchange Format (EDIF); one design language, the VHSIC hardware Description Language (VHDL); and one proposed format, the Product Data Exchange Specification (PDES) are reviewed. The author concludes that there is a very real need for each of these formats for distinct applications. Overlaps among the formats do exist. These overlaps, however, do not pose a serious impediment to exchanging engineering data. A clear understanding of the informational content of each of the formats is needed. This cannot be achieved, however, until basic research questions regarding data modeling methodologies for engineering design data have been resolved.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA205729
Entities
People
- Marylouise Brei
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses