Long-term Archival and Retrieval of Engineering Data: Implications for the DART Workbench

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1051723· OSTI ID:1051723

De Sapio, Vincent ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)

Long term archival and retrieval of engineering data is a key component of product life cycle management. Standards have emerged over time to facilitate archival and retrieval, particularly with respect to CAD data. In this report we assess the state of the art in industry, academia, and government, with respect to archival management and preservation planning. Additionally, we present different scenarios for the integration of the DART Workbench tool with an archival and retrieval system. These scenarios are based on existing CAD/CAE industry standards as well as Semantic Web technologies. The goal is not to design and implement a long-term archival system, but rather, to anticipate potential future systems and consider how the DART Workbench may integrate with them. A secondary goal is to provide some reasoned input for eventual lab-wide implementation of a particular approach, thus steering the design of such a system to some degree.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1051723
• Report Number(s): SAND--2010-2477
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English