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The Systems Integration Architecture project is taking a fresh approach to integration with special emphasis on supporting Agile, Virtual enterprises and their unique need for reconfigurable, de-centralized information systems. SIA is based on a different conceptual model of integration — called the TAR model — one which allows higher level integration than the traditional common, neutral format, shared database. The basic concept is that all information processing consists of a series of transformations of data sets called “Aspects” into other “Aspects”. The transformations are effected by what are called Functional Transformation Agents which provide a single function and have a well defined interface structure which allows them to be integrated in a variety of ways. The Systems Integration Architecture provides three high level services which allow FTA’s to be defined, combined into diverse networks which provide transformations of aspects in a manner transparent to the user and executed under a variety of control algorithms in a heterogeneous, de-centralized environment. These are: an Executive--to provide business control services; a Librarian--to act as somewhat of a meta data dictionary, keeping track of FTA’s and their input and output Aspects; and a Network--which is based on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture to facilitate communication between objects on a heterogeneous network. An extended entity relationship diagram is provided and each of the objects in the system is described. A simple example of its use is provided.
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- Virtual Enterprise
- Assembly Planning
- Product Data Management
- Common Object Request Broker Architecture
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Mills, J.J., Elmasri, R., Khan, K., Miriyala, S., Subramanian, K. (1995). The Systems Integration Architecture: an Agile Information Infrastructure. In: Sölvberg, A., Krogstie, J., Seltveit, A.H. (eds) Information Systems Development for Decentralized Organizations. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34871-1_3
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