The Contrast Study on the Method of STEP/XML Data Transformation

Abstract:

Heterogeneous data sharing is always a bottleneck problem for the development of collaborative design. The method of STEP/XML element mapping achieves the data transformation between STEP and XML by establishing the mapping relationship of the two data. It’s hard to ensure all element mapping one to one and easy to cause the partial data loss. Based on the research, this paper put forward a new method with data encapsulation. It encapsulates the whole STEP data into the XML data by using of the XML character data, and then the data are uploaded to the collaborative design platform. Another designer can download it and get the original STEP data by using the XML parser. This method is not only easy to be realized, but also can ensure the integrity of the product model data conversion. It is more conducive to achieve collaborative design.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 403-408)
• Pages: 4103-4107
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.403-408.4103
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Jian Dong Shang, Ya Peng Zhang, Dong Fang Hu
• Keywords: Data Encapsulation, Data Transformation, Element Mapping, Step, XML

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