STEP, XML, and UML: Complementary Technologies Reference Lubell J., Peak R. S., Srinivasan V., Waterbury S. (Sept 28-Oct 3, 2004) STEP, XML, and UML: Complementary Technologies. Paper DETC2004-57743, ASME 2004 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City. Abstract One important aspect of product lifecycle management (PLM) is the computer-sensible representation of product information. Over the past fifteen years or so, several languages and technologies have emerged that vary in their emphasis and applicability for such usage. ISO 10303, informally known as the Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP), contains the high-quality product information models needed for electronic business solutions based on the Extensible Markup Language (XML). However, traditional STEP-based model information is represented using languages that are unfamiliar to most application developers. This paper discusses efforts underway to make STEP information models available in universal formats familiar to most business application developers: specifically XML and the Unified Modeling Language™ (UML®). We also present a vision and roadmap for future STEP integration with XML and UML to enable enhanced PLM interoperability. Documents Manuscript: pdf Presentation: ppt Extended and Updated Version An extended and updated version of this paper is available as a journal publication here: http://eislab.gatech.edu/pubs/journals/2004-jcise-peak/