A system for network resource management. The system having a network module for interfacing a network resource to the network. The network module having an instruction module for translating network messages into instructions which are used by the network resource to perform functions and operations. The system providing for remote client control of a resource using common network protocol languages, thereby enabling a user to manage the resource using an existing browser. The system providing a simplified user interface for network resource management.

System for network resource management

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A Bibliography of Publications about SGML, the Standard Generalized Markup Language: 1981{1999

A real-world representation system comprises a set of devices, each device being arranged to provide one or more real-world parameters, for example audio and visual characteristics. At least one of the devices is arranged to receive a real-world description in the form of an instruction set of a markup language and the devices are operated according to the description. General terms expressed in the language are interpreted by either a local server or a distributed browser to operate the devices to render the real-world experience to the use

Real-world representation system and language

Automobile manufacture typifies one aspect of today's highly competitive, global economy. It is generally a large, distributed effort, spread out over several continents and involving thousands of engineers and technicians, whom digital technology is helping to work together. Only with this technology's aid can they hope to respond to competitive pressures by cutting costs and, more importantly, by shortening the design-to-manufacturing cycle for the new car models. The author considers how the integration of design and manufacturing software, coupled with the aggressive use of digital prototypes and virtual reality, is already helping auto makers cut costs as well as time-to-market.

Auto manufacture digitizes in depth

Manufacturing systems are complex entities comprised of people, processes, products, information systems and data, material processing, handling, and storage systems. Because of this complexity, systems must be modeled using a variety of views and modeling formalisms. In order to design and analyze manufacturing systems, the multiple views and models often need to be considered simultaneously. However, no single tool or computing environment currently exists that allows this to be done in an efficient and intelligible manner. New tools such as HTML and VRML present a promising approach for tackling these problems. They make possible environments where the different models can coexist and where mapping/linking between the models can be achieved. This research is concerned with developing a hybrid HTML/VRML environment for manufacturing systems modeling and analysis. Experiment was performed to compare this hybrid-modeling HTML/VRML environment to the traditional database environment in order to answer typical design/analysis questions associated with manufacturing systems, and to establish the potential advantages of this approach. Analyzing results obtained from the experiment indicated that the HTML/VRML approach might result in better understanding of a manufacturing system than the traditional database approach.

Application of HTML/VRML to Manufacturing Systems Engineering

One of the most exciting developments on the World Wide Web is the emergence of the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML). While true cyberspace is quite a few years in the future, VRML (often pronounced 'vermal') does offer some tantalizing previews of what is to come. VRML is away of compactly describing 3D objects and scenes, based on Silicon Graphics' Open Inventor file format. It lets authors embed links in and apply textures to objects. Authors can also set the levels of detail displayed to approximate real life, where objects in the distance seem less detailed than closer objects. VRML files can be smaller than fully rendered worlds because the format merely specifies what the client machine should render. In other words, your machine receives the VRML instructions, then renders the scene itself. The speed of your machine's graphics capabilities can sometimes have as much influence as the speed of your Internet connection on how long you wait to view files. The type of computer you have will also affect the quality of the graphics.

K. Whitehouse

Papers

VRML adds a new dimension to Web browsing