WG3 Monday Plenary

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WG3 Monday Plenary

• Gerald Radack, Convener
• Stockholm, Sweden
• 2002-06-10
• 1030 1130

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Agenda

• Introductions / Note taker / Agenda / Attendance
  list
• Advance SC4 resolutions
• Items from PPC Conveners meeting
• Items from QC Conveners meeting
• Discussion bypassing CD ballot for modular APs
• Discussion reusing pieces from other APs
• Project briefings (AP 203 ed. 2)
• WG3 procedures
• Updates on team plans for the week
• Other business

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Schedule for the week
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Project briefings

• AP 203 ed. 2 (Bill Anderson) 1115

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Advance SC4 resolutions

• Changes of project leadership and editorship
• Project Project Leader Editor

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Advance SC4 resolutions

• Defer to Thursday

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Items from PPC Conveners meeting (1/2)

• New SC4 Web site
• Status presented at SC4 Opening Plenary
• First go to new site http//www.tc184-sc4.org
• If you do not find what you are looking for, then
  go to old site http//www.nist.gov/sc4
• QC N218 provides instructions for adding
  meta-data to documents
• Convener will be able to maintain WG3 area

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Items from PPC Conveners meeting (2/2)

• An agreed approach is required for exploiting
  reference data within STEP models
• ISO requirements for abstracts for standards
• Ballot process for modular APs - can the AP go
  straight to DIS if the modules are all available?
• The OMG CAE (rather than CAD) enablers need to be
  aligned with STEP FEA development
• Exploder reliability on the new site
• Finalisation of URLs for SC4 part referencing
• Scope clarification for PLCS

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Items from QC Conveners meeting

• LKSoft has mapping table checker
• email based
• currently accepts SGML and MCODE formats
• may support XML in future DTD needed
• EXPRESS code for parts
• will be moved to SC4ONLINE
• directories on SOLIS containing EXPRESS for parts
  will redirect to SC4ONLINE as code is moved
• Normative references to public open sites such as
  Source Forge are not allowed

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Project status

• Update project dates in SC4 database
• No further cancellations before 2002-06
• Parts for which no progress had been made in 2
  years, according to ISO database

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Publishing standards using HTML and XML

• Introductions / Note taker / Agenda / Attendance
  list
• Status of HTML guidelines
• Discuss open issues and make assignments
• Determine publication strategy
• Discussion of requirements for XML
• How should XML fit into SC4s publishing
  strategy?
• Is XML a tool to be used within projects or a
  delivery format?
• What is needed (guidelines, recommended
  practices, tutorials, ...)?
• Developing a plan of action for XML
• Action items
• Other business

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Test cases guidelines

• No meeting planned
• New guidelines expected today

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WG3 Procedures Meetings and minutes

• Minutes required for all meetings held by WG3
  subgroups (teams, projects, joint meetings, etc.)
• HTML format for minutes
• Template available in Word, RTF, HTML
• Minutes required for off-site meetings
• Do not include contact details
• Off-site meetings should be announced to SC4
  community at least 8 weeks in advance

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WG3 Procedures Document publishing

• Documents should have cover page with
• Title
• N-number
• Project leader/owner
• Date
• Uploads of WG3 documents to new SC4 Web site to
  be done by convener

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WG3 Procedures Communication

• Subscribe to WG3 and SC4 exploders
• WG3 exploder
• http//home.ctcnet.net/mailman
• May migrate to new SC4 web siteannouncement will
  be sent to current WG3 exploder and to SC4
  exploder
• SC4 exploder
• Subscribe through new SC4 Web site

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Updates on team plans for the week

• T01 Shape Representation Ray Goult
• T04 Materials Anna Moreno
• T08 Product Life Cycle John Dunford
• T09 Engineering Analysis Keith Hunten
• T19 Mechanical Products OPEN
• T20 Process Plant Mark Palmer
• T21 Oil and Gas Nils Sandsmark
• T22 Building and Construction Wolfgang Haas
• T23 Ships Jim Mays, Tony Fry
• T24 Manufacturing Martin Hardwick

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Other business