Definition of integrated model repository (IMR)

1. in computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM), the repository of all information from the advanced development environment. The IMR retains information about the application or system being developed or integrated from each phase of the application development environment life cycle; it focuses on capturing the required information from each succeeding phase of the life cycle as well as feeding backward other information; and it maintains models for application as well as libraries of reusable design and code. [SEMATECH]