Example R&D Efforts

• Electronic Commerce Resource Centers (ECRCs)
• CAD Framework Initiative (CFI)
• ISO Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP)
• Enterprise Integration Technologies (EIT)
• ARPA Knowledge Sharing Effort (KSE), et al.
• Concurrent Engineering Research Center (CERC)
• CALS Technology Center
• Object Management Group (OMG)
• National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols (NIIIP)

Typical Contents of Associated Web Servers

• Project overviews
• Technical documents
• Software (public domain and commercial)
• Examples