Practically applied Web technology on an intranet has proven to be fea
sible and advantageous in a semiconductor materials production environ
ment. The system provides data and information management, including d
ata acquisition, processing, distribution, and work tracking. This mod
el application includes classic data distribution via static Web pages
, and dynamic interactive information exchange in real time between me
trology instruments and a database via the Web server. As such, Web te
chnology offers many advantages, including low installation and mainte
nance costs, and easy integration of text, graphics, and binary data f
ormats. Further, the system provides flexibility because it is not dep
endent on a given workstation platform or network.