A review of state-of-the-art technologies for supporting a designer's electronic logbook

H. C. McAlpine; B. J. Hicks; S. J. Culley

A review of state-of-the-art technologies for supporting a designer's electronic logbook

H. C. McAlpine^*, B. J. Hicks, S. J. Culley

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

It is common practice for designers in the UK to keep a personal record of their work in a paper-based logbook. These records represent a large amount of design related information that may not be recorded by other (formal) means. However, efficient access to this information is largely prevented by current paper logbooks. This could be overcome through the creation of an electronic designer's logbook, which would provide a more complete understanding of previous design issues and better support for concurrent and distributed design. Using the findings of a review of existing technology and previous work by the authors, a hybrid technology strategy is proposed which forms the technical platform for an electronic designer's logbook.

Original language	English
Pages	565-572
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2006
Event	9th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2006 - Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 15 May 2006 → 18 May 2006

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Conference	9th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2006
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	15/05/06 → 18/05/06

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Design knowledge
Electronic logbooks
Personal information
Sharing and collaboration

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