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There are numerous proposals worldwide to represent data models and services for the main business and manufacturing activities. This paper suggests an architecture and methodology for the design and development of new integrated models, extending the use of existent standard-based protocols as a basis for the development of implicit models, avoiding “yet another model ”. These models are built on top of existent components, supported by a hierarchical architecture developed at a model’s meta-level and offering several degrees of flexibility. The work results from the Research and Development done by the authors during the last years under the umbrella of a cluster of R&D international projects.
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Jardim-Gonçalves, R., Steiger-Garção, A. (2002). Implicit Hierarchical Meta-Modeling in Search of Flexible Inter-Operability for Manufacturing and Business Systems. In: Mařík, V., Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H. (eds) Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services. BASYS 2002. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 101. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35613-6_4
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