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In article <970001@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM> gt@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (George Tatge) writes:

   It has been apparent for sometime now that there are, and will be,
   a large number of Integration Frameworks in the CASE, CAD, CAE, CAM,
   OA,MIS, EIS, et al. worlds.  These Frameworks will need to cooperate.

   The Framework Interoperability Group is a proposed effort to 
   gather any and all interested parties together, from all of these
   disciplines, to begin to discuss the issues surrounding Framework
   Interoperability.  It is proposed that this group will be completely
   open to all, and that it will be international both in participation
   and in venues.

How does this effort relate to the CAD Framework Initiative?  It
sounds very similar.

How much overlap do you think there will be between the STEP work for
the definition of common information models and the specifications
necessary for framework interoperability?  Within CFI the programming
interface between the CAD tools has been derived from an information
model.  Is this the kind of approach that you are considering taking?

I hope I don't sound too negative by asking so many questions, I'm
just trying to figure out where this would fit in.

Alan Williams
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