Abstract:

The knowledge preservation of design project is an important issue for high technological industry. A general framework for managing knowledge pertaining to design projects is proposed. The objective is to allow preserving relevant information to be used later, thanks to a product design project memory. We introduce a generic platformindependent model that fits requirements of project memory management; this platform is based on UML generic models. We describe P2M2, an original implementation over objectrelational technology in a multi-tier architecture; model transformation based on Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is developed. Finally, we discuss the benefits of ontology engineering for Project Memory management purposes.