VFF D3.2+D3.3+D3.4b - Virtual Factory Manager

This document represents the merge of three deliverables, as per in the original DoW of VFF: o D 3.2 - VFF Information Exchanging Platform o D 3.3 - Definition of Transaction System interfaces o D 3.4b - VF Manager Documentation IEP and Transaction System (as it will be clear in the following) are two important constituents of VFM, for which two different tasks (T3.2 and T3.3 respectively) were assigned for their development and the definition in WP3. Therefore in the original proposal two separate deliverables for IEP and Transaction System were involved. However, to provide a more useful documentation and a more holistic view of the whole VFM architecture, in agreement with the EU monitoring officer and the PTA of VFF the three deliverables have been grouped in one document. Indeed the purpose of this document is also to provide a kind of "User Manual" that VFF partners developing modules can use to quickly learn how to interface their software with VFM. This goal can be better achieved by describing all parts of the VFM architecture together.