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Towards the ontology-based consolidation of production-centric standards
journal contribution
posted on 2013-01-17, 13:52 authored by Nitishal Chungoora, Anne-Francoise Cutting-Decelle, Robert I.M. Young, A. George Gunendran, Zahid Usman, Jennifer HardingJennifer Harding, Keith CaseProduction-centric
international
standards
are
intended
to
serve
as
an
important
route
towards
information
sharing
across
manufacturing
decision
support
systems.
As
a
consequence
of
textual-based
definitions
of
concepts
acknowledged
within
these
standards,
their
inability
to
fully
interoperate
becomes
an
issue
especially
since
a
multitude
of
standards
are
required
to
cover
the
needs
of
extensive
domains
such
as
manufacturing
industries.
To
help
reinforce
the
current
understanding
to
support
the
consolidation
of
production-centric
standards
for
improved
information
sharing,
this
article
explores
the
specification
of
well-defined
core
concepts
which
can
be
used
as
a
basis
for
capturing
tailored
semantic
definitions.
The
potentials
of
two
heavyweight
ontological
approaches,
notably
Common
Logic
(CL)
and
the
Web
Ontology
Language
(OWL)
as
candidates
for
the
task,
are
also
exposed.
An
important
finding
regarding
these
two
methods
is
that
while
an
OWL-based
approach
shows
capabilities
towards
applications
which
may
require
flexible
hierarchies
of
concepts,
a
CL-based
method
represents
a
favoured
contender
for
scoped
and
facts-driven
manufacturing
applications.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Citation
CHUNGOORA, N. ... et al, 2013. Towards the ontology-based consolidation of production-centric standards. International Journal of Production Research, 51 (2), pp.327-345.Publisher
© Taylor & FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2013Notes
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the International Journal of Production Research [© Taylor & Francis], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207543.2011.627885.ISSN
0020-7543Publisher version
Language
- en