An integrated object-oriented knowledge base management system OSAM*.KBMS/ROSE for supporting design and manufacturing

Abstract

This paper describes the result of a research and development effort supported by IBM under Contract Hash S919FM81 and carried out jointly by the Database Systems Research and Development Center of the University of Florida and the Design Research Center of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It provides the motivation for integrating two technologies (OSAM*.KBMS and ROSE) which were separately developed at these two centers for supporting computer integrated engineering and manufacturing applications. The similarities, differences, and the complementary nature of these two technologies are described. The integrated system which consists of a graphical user interface, a query processor an object manager a dictionary manager, and a storage manager is described. The system has been implemented and demonstrated in a network of Sun and IBM RS/6000 workstations.<>