<s>
Manufacturing	B-General_Concept
Automation	I-General_Concept
Protocol	I-General_Concept
(	O
MAP	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
computer	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
standard	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
for	O
interconnection	O
of	O
devices	O
from	O
multiple	O
manufacturers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
General	O
Motors	O
to	O
combat	O
the	O
proliferation	O
of	O
incompatible	O
communications	O
standards	O
used	O
by	O
suppliers	O
of	O
automation	B-Application
products	O
such	O
as	O
programmable	B-Architecture
controllers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
token	B-Protocol
bus	I-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
protocol	O
used	O
by	O
MAP	O
became	O
standardized	O
as	O
IEEE	O
standard	O
802.4	B-Protocol
but	O
this	O
committee	O
disbanded	O
in	O
2004	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
industry	O
attention	O
.	O
</s>
