COMMON DATA SEMANTICS MODELING PROCESSOR AND RESOLVER TOOL

THIS DOCUMENT PROPOSES TO ENRICH THE SEMANTICS OF THE IDEF MODELING TECHNIQUES WHILE REDUCING THE COMPLEXITIES INHERENT WITH CURRENT MODELING PROCEDURES. THE IDEF TECHNIQUES WOULD BE MADE MORE ROBUST WITH ADDITIONAL RIGOR AND LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION. GENERIC MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING MODELS (TEMPLATES) WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPORT NEEDED DEMONSTRATIONS. THIS PROPOSAL, IF ACCEPTED, WOULD ALSO PRODUCE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A DATA SEMANTICS MODELING PROCESSOR (DSMP). THE DSMP WOULD NOT ONLY FACILITATE THE CAPTURE OF THE SEMANTICS OF THE IDEF MODELS, BUT WOULD ALSO PROCESS THE SEMANTICS. THE SEMANTICS OF THE MODELS WOULD RESIDE ON AN OBJECT-ORIENTED, RULE-BASED DBMS FROM WHICH INFORMATION COULD BE PROVIDED REGARDING THE ACTUAL MEANINGS OF THE MODELS AND QUERIES AGAINST PHYSICAL INSTANCES OF THE DATA REPRESENTED IN THESEMANTICS OF THE MODELS COULD BE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE SOFTWARE WOULD BE UTILIZED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DSMP. TOOLS FOR MODEL ADMINISTRATORS ARE ALSO CONCEIVED TO BE PART OF THE DSMP.