Data Management Conformance DMC

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Data Management Conformance (DMC) Chuck
Eastman GA Tech
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What does DMC Consist of?
Provides unique ID to each Entity instance,
allowing merging of data Identifies who, when,
where for all creations, modifications and
deletions Provides a transaction and version
history for auditing of data
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Limitations of Basic File Transfer (w/o DMC)
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Limitations of Basic File Transfer (w/o DMC)
Dropped Data Physical members, connections,
non-structural data
Example 1
Design Data
Analysis Application
Analysis Results
Dropped Data loads, reactions, elements nodes
Example 2
Analysis Data
Design Application
Analysis Results
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Limitations of Basic File Transfer (w/o DMC)
Only Very Limited Workflows are Possible
NOT SUPPORTED!!
Caveats
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What Functionality Does DMC Provide?
Merging of multiple files into a single one
Analysis application
(Merging on input)
Design physical model w/ connections
Design application
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What Functionality Does DMC Provide?
Running an application on a dataset without any
loss of unread data
Analysis application
(Merging on output)
Design physical model w/ connections analysis
model, layout loads
Design physical model w/ connections analysis
model, layout loads w/ reactions added
Design application
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What Functionality Does DMC Provide?
Incremental update of datasets
Shop drawing application
Fabrication management
(Also merging on input)
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Unique ID is three integers, assigned by
different groups
Installation ID, assigned by SW company
Instance ID, assigned by local installation
Application ID, assigned by authorizing
organization
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Each managed_data_item references one entity
instance
Every entity instance in a model has a
item-refernece added, doubling size of file
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Managed Transactions
Transaction history of actions per data item
Who, what, when, where
Data_import, data_export_modification,
data_export_creation
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Transactions Have Internal Sets of the Type of
Action Taken
Export Group
Import Group
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Each Data-Item Has a Transaction History
Each managed_data_item references every
transaction it has ever participated in, during
its DMC life.
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Transaction Provides a Record of Who, What, When
and Where
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DMC Manager Application
Caveats
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Collaborative Development of a DMC Application
Interface
The minimal requirement of an application track
object IDs

• Shared functionality across applications
• re-link all input data with output
• manage modification, creation, deletion
• Update transaction log