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Figure 12. The data exchange mechanism

same steps for each project and to reuse mecha-
nisms between projects. So, in the Figure 6, these
different steps have depicted. During an export
phase, PDM interface extracts geometric data and
the whole product's meta-data (phase 1). Two
different translators (phase 2) translate geometric
data and meta-data to the common format. When
all data are translated, they are packed and sent to
partners (phase 3). During an import phase, part-
ner's data are unpacked (phase 4) and meta-data
are translated (phase 5). PDM interface imports
translated meta-data and partners' geometric data
(phase 6).

In the paper has presented the main aspects that
reflect the achieved stage of the project of building
the collaborative product development network:
the product life cycle model, the network mem-
bers' expertise, and the PLM multisite platform
infrastructure. The product life cycle model is
the base of the collaborative design methodology
that has adopted for the PLM multisite platform.
The model of collaborative product development
integrated the whole lifecycle. For identifying
the persons with the required competencies for a
specific project, an Access or an Internet usually
query has launched, using MySQL. The universi-
ties partners' PLM platforms and the potential in-
dustrial partners have connected through Internet/
Intranet, constituting the PLM multisite platform
of the collaborative product development network.
The future research work is related to the
INPRO networks resources valorization in the
context of the Certified Integrated Design En-
gineer - iDesigner project (FR/08/LLP-LdV/
TOI/117025) which deals with the creation of a
professional modular qualification program with
certification for the new job role of an integrated
design engineer. This transfer of innovation (ToI)
project integrates and transfers the results of other

concLusions And future Work

In the framework of the National Research Net-
work for Integrated Product and Process Engineer-
ing (INPRO) it was built a collaborative multisite
PLM platform for the product development and
its associated processes. The proposed product
collaborative development model integrates
knowledge from the entire product lifecycle. There
have been discussed the product conceptual design
phase and there have been presented.