本文解释了当前在数控机床及其功能的编码和分类方面的标准化工作如何作为客户机/服务器应用程序的基础，用于管理和维护制造设施中加工工具的最新信息。本文描述的系统可以被视为一个很好的例子，说明标准化工作（在工厂资源表示领域）以及快速增长的计算和通信能力如何改变典型制造应用软件的范围、体系结构和跨度。

This paper explains how the current standardization efforts in the coding and classifying of CNC machines and their capabilities are used as the basis of a client/server application for managing and maintaining up-to-date information on machining tools in a manufacturing facility. The system described in this paper can be seen as a good example of how standardization efforts (in the area of factory resource representation) and rapidly increasing computation and communication capabilities are changing the scope, architecture and span of typical manufacturing applications software.