53
3.4 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES 57
3.5 DESIGN AND SYSTEMS ASPECTS 61
3.6 FOCUSING PROJECTS 63
4 . SUBPROGRAMME 4 : OFFICE SYSTEMS 64
R AND D AREAS 4.1 OFFICE SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND HUMAN FACTORS 66
4.2 ADVANCED WORKSTATIONS 69
4.3 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 78
4.4 ADVANCED FILING AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 83
4.5 INTEGRATED OFFICE SYSTEM 86
5 . SUBPROGRAMME 5 : COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURE 88
R AND D AREAS 5.0 MANUFACTURING COMPANY STRATEGY AND ORGANISATION 88
5.1 INTEGRATED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 89
5.2 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND ENGINEERING ( CAD/CAE ) 90
5.3 COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING ( CAM ) 92
5.4 MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEMS 94
5.5 SUBSYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS 97
5.6 CIM SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS 99
INTRODUCTION AND RESOURCES BREAKDOWN
THIS SECTION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ESPRIT 1985 WORKPLAN AND IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER INTERPRETATION OF THE PLAN .
0.1 . BACKGROUND
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY HAS LAUNCHED THE EUROPEAN STRATEGIC PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ( ESPRIT ) . THE ESPRIT PROGRAMME IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE PRECOMPETITIVE AND GENERIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS WITHIN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WHICH THE COMMUNITY SHALL FINANCE IN PART . A MANAGEMENT PLAN , THE ANNUAL WORKPLAN , HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITHIN ESPRIT TO ENHANCE THE CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE PROGRAMME . UPDATED BY THE COMMISSION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ESPRIT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE , EACH YEAR , THE DOCUMENT IS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL .
THIS IS THE SECOND SUCH WORKPLAN AND IT COVERS THE PERIOD 1985-1989 .
0.2 . PURPOSE
THE PURPOSES OF THE ESPRIT 1985 WORKPLAN ARE :
- TO DESCRIBE PROJECT AREAS AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS , AND INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF CURRENT WORK OF 1984 .
- TO SERVE AS A GUIDELINE TO POTENTIAL PROPOSERS BY INDICATING THE INTENDED SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE NEW WORK TO BE INITIATED IN 1985 ;
- TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW OF PROJECTS UNDER WAY , IN ORDER TO APPRAISE THEIR PROGRESS INDIVIDUALLY AND IN RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER ;
- TO ACT AS A REFERENCE DOCUMENT FOR CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO COORDINATING ACTIVITIES UNDER ESPRIT AND UNDER OTHER COMMUNITY AND NATIONAL PROGRAMMES , AND TO SERVE AS A BASIS TO RELATE ESPRIT TO TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRAMMES OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY .
0.3 . LAYOUT
AFTER THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION , THE DOCUMENT IS SET OUT IN FIVE MAIN SECTIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE MAJOR TECHNICAL SUBPROGRAMMES OF ESPRIT .
THE PARTITIONING OF ESPRIT R AND D INTO FIVE SUBPROGRAMMES IS LARGELY DICTATED BY THE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE TASK FOR THE COMMUNITY . IN PRACTICE , THE TECHNICAL SUBPROGRAMMES ARE INTERRELATED AND THE WORKPLAN INDICATES THE SIGNIFICANT INTERDEPENDENCIES THAT EXIST .
EACH SUBPROGRAMME IS SPLIT INTO A NUMBER OF R AND D AREAS AND THESE ARE FURTHER SUBDIVIDED INTO R AND D TOPICS AND PROJECTS .
EACH R AND D TOPIC IS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL , INDICATING THE ANTICIPATED CONTINUATION OF WORK FROM PREVIOUS YEARS ( IN THIS CASE 1983/84 ) ,