Hideaki Takeda's Publication
- H. Takeda: Some
Considerations on Openness of Design Information, in The First
International Workshop on Semantic Web and Web 2.0 in Architectural, Product
and Engineering Design in conjunction with the Six International Semantic Web
Conference (ISWC 2007), pp. 65–66, Busan, Korea (2007).
Towards a sustainable society, design of artifacts must be
optimized with limited resources on the earth while keeping our life. In
order to realize it, I emphasize openness of design information. In this
paper, I discuss needs for openness of design information and methods to
realize it. I argue why design information should be open and what benefits
will result by opening and sharing design information. Opening design
information looks difficult considering the current structure of the
industries, but I show some possibilities from two aspects of design
activities. In software design, open source software is getting accepted as a
way of developing software products. I overview it and analyze how it can be
applied to artifact design. Then I discuss how such an environment can be
built. Identification, representation, and sharing mechanism are crucial.
Lastly I summarize discussion with people in the design community. Many
people disagree with opening design information, but I dispute with their
objections.
Hideaki Takeda (National Institute of Informatics)