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Fiatech 2014 Conference
The Fiatech 2014 Conference & Showcase will provide you an opportunity to be part of the leadership that is realizing advanced performance through new technologies and innovative practices. The Conference Program will explore game changing tools and technologies that are benefitting our industry. Leaders in the industry will present innovative practices and advancing work processes […]
How do You Know Which RDL to Use?
In an earlier post, Is a Generic Data Model Like Generic Peas? we said that because anyone can update the Reference Data Library (RDL) that it will collect garbage, and that this was a good thing. If you’ve ever been involved with cleaning up a mature database this was probably quite a surprise. People whose job […]
JORD – What Next?
My goal is to be transparent about our plans and progress to make the PCA Reference Data Services an enterprise quality resource the industry can rely upon, not just for content and availability, but as an entire ecosystem with supporting processes. To that end, let me share a bit of an update since joining the […]
New JORD Leadership
Julian M.N. Bourne has been announced as the lead for JORD Scope D, responsible for defining and building a self-sustaining organizational entity for the RDS and all of its supporting activities. Julian has over two decades of experience in software engineering and product management in the enterprise information technology sector and in July rejoined the […]
Glossary of Terms
There is a new addition to the Resource Center – a Casual Glossary for Terms. We have included terms specific to iRING and many other terms related to technology, theory and standards material. The contents are meant to be casual and informative, so when in doubt consult official sources for formal/proper definitions. A final note, within the iRING community […]
Is a Generic Data Model Like Generic Peas?
In a previous article, ISO 15926 – A Decades-long Overnight Success, we told how ISO 15926 was born from the decision to split the large, comprehensive data model of STEP into two parts; Part 2, a generic data model, and Part 4, a library of reference data, or just the RDL. We have written several […]
BIM+iRING (1+1=3)
BIM (Building Information Modeling) is a conceptual idea that is well understood at the executive level. It enables the visualization of engineered assets in 3D, as well as 4D (schedule), 5D (cost), nD (safety, constructability, augmented reality, etc) and supports information sharing amongst the shareholders – engineering, procurement, construction and operations and maintenance – along […]
OGI Pilot Demonstrates Standards-Based Handover and Provisioning
On September 25, 2012, at the ISA Automation conference in Orlando, we witnessed a demonstration of the Oil & Gas Interoperability Pilot (OGI Pilot), the most significant information exchange project to date in the capital projects industry. Here we will describe what happened during the demonstration and give you a peek under the hood at […]
Fiatech Event Calendar
Save These Dates For Upcoming Fiatech Events October 7-9, 2013 – Members Meeting at the St. Julien Hotel & Spa in Boulder, Colorado (registration will open end of July) November 11-13, 2013 – Europe & Middle East Meeting, in conjunction with SPAR Europe, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands March 31-April 3, 2014 – Technology Conference & Showcase at the […]
