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10.5.2 Concurrent Design

Concurrent engineering  and design becomes more and more important as design tasks grow more complex and an increasing number of people have to cooperate. Shared access to design data plays a key role for efficient interaction if the access mechanisms are realized properly. Supporting the notion of a design repository with import and export procedures available for obtaining and providing data that can be used within one's own design could be a first step. In the long run, a separation of different tasks into different applications acting as servers for user clients seems to be the preferred solution.



Christoph Pichler
Thu Mar 13 14:30:47 MET 1997