A Workshop on New Issues in Materials Databases, to be held 06/15-17/87, at Stanford University

将举行一次讲习班，使能够支持数据库以共享工程材料特性数据的领域的从业人员和研究人员聚集在一起。当前面临的问题包括：(1)对现有数据资源的便捷访问；(2)材料特性的描述，特别是与几何形状、环境、处理和使用有关的特性；(3)适用于复合材料和涂料等先进材料的数据格式；(4)利用新的软硬件技术传递材料数据；(5)需要程序访问大量数据的CAD和CAM系统的数据库接口，而不是友好的查询语言；(6)处理跨数据库不一致性所需的机制。有助于解决这些问题的新技术有：(1)智能接口；(2)高层次需求模型；(3)有效的计算机网络和分布式数据访问；(4)用于格式化和显示复杂数据的前端处理器；(5)将数据库访问与可在功能强大的工作站上运行的设计和制造系统集成；(6)专家系统，指导基于应用的系统使用。

A workshop will be held to bring together practitioners and researchers in the areas that can support data bases for the sharing of data on properties of engineering materials. Problems faced today include: (1) convenient access to existing data resources; (2) description of materials properties, especially as a function of geometry, environment, treatment, and use; (3) data formats suitable for advanced materials, such as composites and coatings; (4) utilization of new software and hardware technology to deliver materials data; (5) data base interfaces for CAD and CAM systems requiring program access to voluminous data, rather than friendly query languages; and (6) mechanisms needed to deal with inconsistencies across data bases. New techniques that facilitate solutions to these problems are: (1) intelligent interfaces; (2) high-level requirement models; (3) effective computer networks and distributed data access; (4) front-end processors for formatting and display of complex data; (5) integration of data base access with design and manufacturing systems which may operate on powerful workstations; and (6) expert systems to guide use of systems based on applications.