This paper describes the first year of a joint project between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and SEMATECH. After studying the SEMATECH CIM Framework, we present a roadmap for adoption and use of manufacturing frameworks with four components: developing a specification, reaching consensus, standardization, and testing and certification. Results of our study include numerous recommendations about online specifications, supplier involvement, standards organizations, usage scenarios, reference implementations, and a testing and certification plan.
Keywords: Application Framework; Certification; Computer Integrated Manufacturing; Corba IDL; Electronic Document Management; Object Management Group; SEMATECH; Semiconductors; Standards; Testing
This paper will be published in 1996 by Springer-Verlag (London) in the Proceedings of the OOPSLA'95 Business Objects Workshop. It is available in three formats online: HTML with GIF graphic, Portable Document Format, and PostScript. This paper is based on our earlier Roadmap, the report of our first year of work in a joint project with SEMATECH. However "Experiences" is shorter and written for a more general readership.