Resource service encapsulation in manufacturing grid

To share distributed,heterogeneous manufacturing resources and provide collaborative problem-solving environment,a resource service encapsulation method was presented based on Web service resource framework.Manufacturing resource was encapsulated as Web service resource to shield the heterogeneous nature and complexity of manufacturing resource and present a uniform interface shared in grid environment.To simplify and standardize the encapsulation process,concept of the resource encapsulation template was defined.And it was classified as resource representation template and realization template.Each kind of manufacturing resource was corresponding to a specific template.Based on above studies,the resource adapter and the resource encapsulation tools were developed.CASFORM software was encapsulated and deployed in the Shandong information-oriented manufacturing service platform.