ITER – One-stop shop: Engineering Database launched
ITER Newsline – One-stop shop: Engineering Database launched
By Sabina Griffith | 06 March 2012
On 29 February, a new tool was launched that will help to improve and facilitate the way a huge amount of data is managed within the ITER project.
The genesis of the Engineering Database—a project led by Ken Blackler, head of ITER’s Assembly & Operations Division—involved collaboration over the past year between ITER’s Project Information Section (IT), the Design Office, Technical Integration Division, and Department of Safety, Quality & Security, as well as extensive participation by representative end users.
“The goal of the Engineering Database is to create a one-stop shop where all the ITER data that you can imagine is stored, organized and updated in an automated manner,” explains Stefano Chiocchio, head of ITER’s Technical Integration Division. “Before we launched this database I spent much of my days answering emails from colleagues and collaborators seeking technical information such as the temperature in a particular room. Finding the answer meant a time-consuming search for the right document, and further time spent verifying that the information was up-to-date. The new Engineering Database will put an end to this confusion.”
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