JSDAI Database is a
solution provided by LKSoft to store industrial product information as
objects in relational databases and make it available via
standards-compliant application programming interfaces (APIs). Every
kind of product object specified by an EXPRESS information model (ISO
10303-11) is supported. This includes the international standards known
as STEP (ISO 10303), Parts Library (ISO 13584 PLIB), standard data
element types (IEC61360) and others. In addition user-specific EXPRESS
schemas are supported.
A typical JSDAI Database installation consists of
one or more JSDAI applications (e.g. IDA-STEP for STEP AP214), a
JSDAI-SQL Bridge, and a relational database such as MySQL or Oracle.
JSDAI provides persistent data storage either
locally (single user) or remotely for several JSDAI clients using the
JSDAI-SQL Bridge product. JSDAI-SQL Bridge acts as a middle tier
between JSDAI client applications and a relational database.
Features
- Automated repository structure creation and management for arbitrary EXPRESS information schemas.
- Concurrent access to a database from a number of JSDAI
clients ensuring consistency through an extended transaction mechanism.
For this the SDAI transaction mechanism is mapped to the database
transaction.
- Scalability and extendibility through backend support for
MySQL (for entry level databases) and Oracle (for enterprise level
databases).
- Optimization for high-speed storage and retrieval of any kind of EXPRESS-based information.
- Sophisticated JSDAI queries directly based on the EXPRESS
structure that make it easy to find needed information. (See SDAI-query
documentation)
- Standards based: SDAI (ISO 10303-22) as the client interface and SQL as database interface.
- Fine-grained access control system by enabling default rights
for SdaiRepositories and workspaces and assigning specific rights to
user groups. Access
control ensures that only appropriate data is visible to a user behind
a JSDAI client and that only authorized users can make changes to the
information.
- Direct support for EXPRESS short forms (EXPRESS schemas
referencing other EXPRESS schemas), as well as traditional long form
schemas.
- Storage and retrieval of arbitrary external files and
linking them with an EXPRESS-based entity instance. External files
include office documents, bitmaps/pictures, CAD files, and so on.
- Backup and restoration of entire JSDAI repositories as an
SDAI file. The SDAI file format is on open specification with
information content that is compatible with STEP classical files (Part
21) and STEP XML files (Part 28). In addition the SDAI file contains
all associated (checked-in) external documents.
