Engineering Information System (EIS)
Abstract
The Engineering Information System (EIS) was created in response to increasing concerns about the exchange of engineering information between contractors and the government, contractors on a single team, and contractors on different teams who share technical data and diverse tools. The EIS specifications provide a means for managing heterogeneity among hardware and software platforms, data formats, tools, site-specific policies and methodologies, and interfaces to create multiple-domain, multiple-life-cycle environments. An Engineering Information Model (EIM) and the EIS framework comprise the EIS. The EIM is a semantic model of information found in an EIS. An EIM realization, called the reference schema, Is a set of object types that form a specific logical organization of data and operations. The EIS framework contains automated services embodied in software to support the use of the EIM to manage and control the data and activities of the engineering process. Current computer networking gateways require significant enhancement to meet the needs of cost-effective and concurrent engineering information access. The use of integration information gateways is the key to achieving the levels of technical interchange needed between organizations and various engineering environments. The EIS technologies can provide the Integration necessary to allow transparent information access across the information exchange networks.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA254013
Entities
People
- Jon Krueger
- Raj Kant
Organizations
- Honeywell International, Inc.