Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of ISO15926Primer_Introduction
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v16 v17 21 21 The situation is improving. A few years ago engineers would have faxed the data sheets to the vendors, who would manually add their information and fax them back. Now they E-mail editable electronic files back and forth. And more recently, some owner-operators are trying to streamline the final handover from an EPC contractor by specifying data requirements. However, configuration costs and the lead time required speak to the complexity of the issue. 22 22 23 What we need is a way for each participant's software to be able to communicate complex information to the other participants without having to know in advance things such as database structure or format. If you have ever read ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', by Douglas Adams, you will know exactly what we need -we need a Babel fish! In the book, if you wanted to listen to Vogon poetry spoken in the original dialect you would use a Babel fish.23 What we need is a way for each participant's software to be able to communicate complex information to the other participants without having to know in advance things such as database structure or format. If you have ever read ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', by Douglas Adams, you will know exactly what we need—we need a Babel fish! In the book, if you wanted to listen to Vogon poetry spoken in the original dialect you would use a Babel fish. 24 24 25 25 [[Image(ISO15926Primer_02_Introduction.JPG)]]
