PDME13 — Factory Finder Conventions

The PDM Enablers define several factories, which are interfaces that create other objects. The PdmSystem object is a FactoryFinder, which supports a find_factories operation. The find_factories operation takes a Name Service style composite name as a parameter to identify the Factory. But the form and values for these names for each of these factories is not defined by the PDM Enablers specification.

The PDM Enablers specification should be enhanced to specify names for these factories. It is suggested that the PdmSystem object supports one factory of each type, and that the Name of the factory be equal to the module name plus the interface name of the factory.

accepted in principle