IST Results - Knowledge management tool for high-tech engineering IST Results - Knowledge management tool for high-tech engineering: "Design engineers need large amounts of reliable knowledge and information when designing complex and safety-critical products. The Web-enabled Information Service for Engineers (WISE) is a flexible knowledge portal that brings many benefits to the design process.

A high-tech product, such as a new airliner, comprises many thousands of components. Design engineers are commissioned to design particular components, and to do so they need information and resources from all over the company. 'It might be a mechanical 3D design. Engineers need to know the required strengths, the loads that the component will be subjected to, physical dimensions, etc.,' says Arnd Rothe of Airbus Deutschland GmbH and WISE coordinator.

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