Recognizing the Problem
Integrated Manufacturing Technology Roadmapping Initiative: State of the Practice
- “Incompatible protocols limit usefulness of data”
- “Data is re-created or duplicated many times in different locations”
- “Needed data is often not available”
Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee The Federal Government…must invest in software research to make software systems interoperate more effectively.
- Explore and create standardized protocols and data structures to promote interoperability of applications
- Develop tools and technologies for modeling and understanding the semantics of information