Someone using a PLM system may not need to view every detail of the design, so being able to create lightweight clients in a browser is helpful. I have been in

Someone using a PLM system may not need to view every detail of the design, so being able to create lightweight clients in a browser is helpful. I have been involved in STEP [1] for quite a long time, there has always been the expectation that it could be implemented as a database. I'm currently on the fringes of the work to map the PLM standards onto RDF/OWL/SKOS. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_10303 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_10303