Title: Portalet as a front end for enabling the e-service functions of CAX tool on the web

Authors: Pingyu Jiang, Guohai Zhang

Addresses: State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China. ' CAD/CAM Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a portalet-based architecture with which e-service functions through calling CAX tools remotely can be realised. Furthermore, as the core of the portalet, the contexts of calling mode service, queueing and managing service, visual I/O service and collaborative service are discussed in detail. In order to verify the feasibility of the method proposed, a running example is given.

Keywords: portalets; e-service provision; CAX tools; queueing models; XML; electronic services; collaborative services; calling mode services; web services; interoperability; information integration; teamwork; CAD; CAPP; CAM; PDM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIEM.2005.008415

International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, 2005 Vol.3 No.3, pp.312 - 321

Published online: 19 Dec 2005 *

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