Posts By: Michel Pons

The Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) initiative, is an industry-led, international research and development program established in 1995…

Like any other software component, although the future of software distribution will likely continue to move toward…

Like any other software development effort, it will depend on the complexity of the product. And the…

The CO-LaN maintains a list of CO-compliant Software Components.

Funding comes from membership dues. Membership is organized in two groups: Full Members and Associate Members. Full…

CO-LaN stands for CAPE-OPEN Laboratories Network. This is the organization that carries forward the work of CAPE-OPEN…

Joining the CO-LaN is a simple process. Fill a membership application form and submit it to the…

A Software Component is said to be CO-compliant if it correctly implements CAPE-OPEN interfaces, allowing it to…

Not explicitly, although the “distributed parameters interface” will be of interest to CFD vendors. There is already…

File formats
Model content
Internal software structure and implementation
Accuracy of models and data
GUIs
Units conversions
Process synthesis software

One University course at E.N.S.I.A.C.E.T. (Toulouse, France) has addressed this need during one semester. Tutorials on various…

COM (Component Object Model interface definition language) is Microsoft middle ware, the heart of Windows. COM is…

A software layer that allows inter-working of heterogeneous applications in heterogeneous distributed environments. It is “in the…

A COSE, pronounced “co-zee”, is a CO compliant PME. A COSE is described as having one or…

A PME is essentially a software environment that supports the construction of a process model either from…