支持企业动态联盟的信息基础结构

Information infrastructure supporting virtual enterprises

企业动态联盟作为一个整体实际上是由多个属于不同组织的和处于不同地理位置的实体协作构成的。该文从企业动态联盟的特点出发，分析了企业动态联盟对信息共享和互操作的需求，讨论了各种可行的集成机制，提出以标准化技术，包括以Ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ技术、基于ＣＯＲＢＡ（公共对象请求代理体系结构）的对象技术和基于ＳＴＥＰ的信息技术为基础，以工作流管理技术为工具，建立支持企业动态联盟运作的信息基础结构。最后指出了在构建上述信息基础结构时有待解决的一些技术问题和方向。

Virtual enterprise as a whole is comprised of several entities which are disparate both in organization and location. This paper analyzes the special characteristics of virtual enterprises and identified their needs for information sharing and interoperability. A standard based information infrastructure is proposed for the purpose and several integration mechanisms are proposed to work here.The related standards include Internet related protocols for communication, STEP (standard for exchange of product model data) for information representation, CORBA (common object request broker architecture) by OMG (object management group) for distributed object oriented computing. Also, workflow management complying to the standard by WFMC (workflow management coalition) is proposed as a mechanism imperative.