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We describe an approach to the coordination of application systems through the modelling and maintenance of inter-system dependencies based on application data. These dependencies are specified by a Coordination Model which comprises a Coordination Interface for each application system and a global Coordination View. A Coordination Interface describes local object types relevant for system-wide coordination. The Coordination View describes the component systems, their globally important object types and the relationships between those object types: Further, it specifies the actions to be taken to ensure global consistency thereby providing system coordination. Specifically, we describe how this approach has been used for a Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) system which is based on the coordination of CIM component systems. In this CIM system, the Coordination Model is specified using the NIAM data model.
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Norrie, M.C., Wunderli, M. (1994). Coordination system modelling. In: Loucopoulos, P. (eds) Entity-Relationship Approach — ER '94 Business Modelling and Re-Engineering. ER 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 881. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58786-1_97
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