November 2008 - PDES, Inc. and ProSTEP iViP set the seal on extended cooperation
November 2008 - Darmstadt – The standardization consortium PDES, Inc. and the ProSTEP iViP Association signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on September 17, 2008, in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. This is the basis for extending an already successful collaboration. Beside the existing cooperation in the CAx-Implementor-Forum (CAx-IF) the activities concerning long-term archiving shall be concentrated and common pilot projects shall be realized.
The Working Group CAx-IF has been conjointly supported by PDES, Inc. and ProSTEP iViP for around ten years. The group is the instrument to ensure a smooth geometric data exchange via STEP, including continuous quality improvement of the available processors and the support of new functions required by users. In parallel to the increasing demand for solutions on long-term archiving of product data - especially in the aerospace industry - the request for internationally accepted standards addressing this topic is growing as well.
„Our goal is to promote long-term archiving of product data in order to make results available even faster as European (EN) and American (NAS) standards“, declared Dr. Michael R. Jahadi, President and Chairman of the PDES, Inc. Executive Board. This would guarantee transatlantic acceptance, thus representing an active contribution for investment protection. Therefore both organizations decided to launch the project group „LOTAR International“. Furthermore, common pilot projects shall be conducted.
About PDES, Inc.
The PDES, Inc. program is an international industry/government/academia consortium committed to accelerating the development and implementation of standards that enable enterprise integration and Product Lifecycle Management interoperability. Its members represent leading manufacturers, U.S. governmental agencies, software vendors, universities, and research organizations. PDES, Inc. supports the Digital Enterprise through the development and implementation of information standards to support Model-based Engineering, Model-based Manufacturing, and Model-based Sustainment. Testing of implementations and data exchange using standards is an integral part of PDES, Inc.
More information is available at http://pdesinc.org.
