K3/EES 4/482-11 15.5.98
Using a database oriented DTD
Supporting the entire process
uInformation content is different across the process phases
umany flavours of instances (as much as we have process steps?)
uoccurance cannot finally be checked by SGML/XML parser
uDifferent data is generated in different process steps
usophisticated version control and process management
utools to merge data
uNot all objects exist along the process chain
uhandle broken links
uestablish links automatically by knowing the semantics
uconvert to standard SGML style for exchange
uGlobal data models of tools or processes must be mappeded
uexport capabilities are determined by the internal data model
uallow multiple global data models
uharmonize data models on SGML level