DEXML: A first step toward a UML based implementation framework for PLCS

Sylvere Krima; Roch Bertucat; Joshua Lubell; Sudarsan Rachuri; Sebti Foufou

doi:10.1115/DETC2011-48600

DEXML: A first step toward a UML based implementation framework for PLCS

Sylvere Krima, Roch Bertucat, Joshua Lubell, Sudarsan Rachuri, Sebti Foufou

Computer Science

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Abstract

Data exchange specifications not only must be broad and general to achieve acceptance, but also must be customizable in a controlled and interoperable manner to be useful. The Product Life Cycle Support (PLCS) suite of data exchange specifications (known as DEXs) uses templates to enable controlled customizability without sacrificing breadth or interoperability. DEXs are business context-specific subsets of ISO 10303 Application Protocol (AP) 239, subject to additional constraints imposed by the templates. A PLCS template defines how AP239 entities and their attributes will be instantiated using an externally-defined controlled vocabulary defined in a Reference Data Library. Template instantiations are defined using an Instantiation Path (IP) specified using an arcane syntax that must be manually written by the template developer. The PLCS information model is formally defined in the ISO 10303 EXPRESS language, but there is no formalism used at the template level. A challenge for newcomers to PLCS is to dive into and understand all the bespoken, non-standardized and PLCS-specific technologies (domain-specific languages and software) used to develop and implement the templates. DEXML presents an approach based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML) enabling the use of mainstream software and technologies to develop and implement DEXs, reducing the need for nonstandard and unfamiliar languages and tools.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011
Pages	1267-1273
Number of pages	7
Edition	PARTS A AND B
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2011-48600
State	Published - 2011
Event	ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011 - Washington, DC, United States Duration: Aug 28 2011 → Aug 31 2011

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Name	Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
Number	PARTS A AND B
Volume	2

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Other	ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, DC
Period	8/28/11 → 8/31/11

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Modeling and Simulation
Mechanical Engineering
Computer Science Applications
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Krima, S., Bertucat, R., Lubell, J., Rachuri, S., & Foufou, S. (2011). DEXML: A first step toward a UML based implementation framework for PLCS. In ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011 (PARTS A AND B ed., pp. 1267-1273). (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 2, No. PARTS A AND B). https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2011-48600

DEXML: A first step toward a UML based implementation framework for PLCS. / Krima, Sylvere; Bertucat, Roch; Lubell, Joshua et al.
ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011. PARTS A AND B. ed. 2011. p. 1267-1273 (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 2, No. PARTS A AND B).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Krima, S, Bertucat, R, Lubell, J, Rachuri, S & Foufou, S 2011, DEXML: A first step toward a UML based implementation framework for PLCS. in ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011. PARTS A AND B edn, Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, no. PARTS A AND B, vol. 2, pp. 1267-1273, ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011, Washington, DC, United States, 8/28/11. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2011-48600

Krima S, Bertucat R, Lubell J, Rachuri S, Foufou S. DEXML: A first step toward a UML based implementation framework for PLCS. In ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011. PARTS A AND B ed. 2011. p. 1267-1273. (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; PARTS A AND B). doi: 10.1115/DETC2011-48600

Krima, Sylvere ; Bertucat, Roch ; Lubell, Joshua et al. / DEXML : A first step toward a UML based implementation framework for PLCS. ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011. PARTS A AND B. ed. 2011. pp. 1267-1273 (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; PARTS A AND B).

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