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Long Term Archival and Retrieval (LOTAR) of Digital Product and Technical Data in a Global
Rick Zuray, PLM Technical Principal
The Boeing Company
Stone tablets to interactive 3D models the preservation of information has been important part of us since mankind could write. Mankind has used many forms of media to preserve history and important information and over time has replaced the medium on which it was stored due to its own obsolescence. We still face that same problem today the main difference being that we replace the medium much faster as the technological obsolescence boundaries diminish at a more accelerated rate.
Rick Zuray has been with the Boeing Company for over 20 years with the majority of those years in the CAD/CAM/CAI and Quality Engineering arena. For the past 12 years Rick has been involved in the long term archival and retrieval of digital product and technical data, data exchange methodologies and preserving the integrity of those data entities. Rick co-leads an International team under the Aerospace Industries Association - AeroSpace and Defense Industries Association of Europe -Standardization (AIA-ASD-Stan) who are writing a series of International Aerospace Standards.
