An Approach To Use Semantic Annotations In Global Product Development To Bridge The Gap In Interdisciplinary And Intercultural Communication

摘要

In the globalized economy more and more companies practice worldwide distributed engineering. Local division and global distribution of production and development activities demand tools to support communication processes. In this paper an approach is introduced .that enables everyone who is involved in the development of a product to create and modify semantic annotations in 3D-CAD systems and 3D-PDF-based communication processes. Thus current implemented annotation technology in 3D-CAD-Systems is enhanced. These annotations are linked to a semantic media wiki which contains additional information or personal data about the respective authors. This allows the creation of a social network in globally distributed product development. The approach dedicates a paradigm shift in product development by using low-structured methods in relation with traditional 3D-design spaces.