Standards on enterprise integration and engineering—state of the art

With the globalization of manufacturing activities and increasing requirements on interoperability, standardization will play an important role in R&D and day-to-day activities related to enterprise integration and engineering. The paper presents a survey of relevant standards in this area. After a brief introduction on various standardization activities carried out worldwide, the paper gives an overview of the major results achieved and work being performed so far. Comparisons between various standards are presented. A concluding summary and some recommendations for future works are given as part of the conclusion.