A Semantic Annotation Framework to Assist the Knowledge Interoperability along a Product Life Cycle

Liao, Yongxin; Lezoche, Mario; Loures, Eduardo Rocha; Panetto, Hervé; Boudjlida, Nacer

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.945-949.424

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“…Based on these three hypotheses, the objective of the paper is to provide an extension of previous publications of the authors (Liao et al 2014a(Liao et al , 2014b, through a more complete description of the semantic annotation method and a more detailed presentation of the case study. Among all the improvements in each section, several major ones are listed as examples.…”

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Semantic annotations for semantic interoperability in a product lifecycle management context

Liao

Lezoche

Panetto

et al. 2016

International Journal of Production Research

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International audienceThe interoperability among a variety of systems, in or across manufacturing enterprises, has been widely accepted as one of the important factors that affect the efficiency of production. Many research works, related to the interoperability at different levels, have been carried out to tackle the information exchange, transformation, discovery and reuse. One of the main challenges in these research works is to overcome the semantic heterogeneity in the exchanged information between enterprise applications along the life cycle of a product. As a possible solution to support the semantic interoperability issue, semantic annotations have gained more and more attention. This paper identifies several existing drawbacks and proposes a formal semantic annotation approach to support the semantic enrichment of models in a product lifecycle management context

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Semantic annotations for semantic interoperability in a product lifecycle management context

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Lezoche

Panetto

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International Journal of Production Research

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“…According to (Morris et al, 2004) a lesson learned from CASE tool integration is that a primary barrier to increased interoperability is the difficulty of reaching such agreements (Flahive & Jakobsson, 2008). This can be, in part, due to stakeholders having different backgrounds, heterogeneous expertise, unique knowledge, particular needs and specific practices (Bonacin et al, 2014;Liao et al, 2014).…”

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“…One of the widely recognized methods to deal with semantic gaps is to semantically enrich the exchanged information through an ontology. Several studies highlighted and proved the advantages of applying semantic annotations on various kinds of models, which represent a product from different perspectives (Liao et al, 2014). For example, the ontology proposed by Qin et al (Qin et al, 2017) was found to enable the automatic check of consistency, reason out the new knowledge and implement the semantic interoperability of Composite Positional Tolerance (CPT) information.…”

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“…In this context, Liao et al developed a study (Liao et al, 2014) mainly to deal with semantic interoperability issues by introducing a formal semantic annotation framework. The conclusions were that two aspects of semantics are needed to be made explicit by a semantic annotation: (1) structure semantics, describing the interrelations between an annotated element and the other elements that it is related to and…”

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Semantic interoperability assessment : iShare framework

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Interagency information sharing is widely acknowledged for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of several domains with high societal impact such as security, cybersecurity and health. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the development of interoperability among public services is a political priority in many countries around the world, and that, presently, several initiatives are ongoing with this purpose. The proper management of such initiatives demands adequate instruments to support the definition of the existing (as-is) and desired (to-be) situations, as well as the identification, prioritization, monitoring and control of the actions that are necessary to achieve the objectives defined for developing interoperability. Moreover, appropriate instruments are also required to support the justification and comparison of initiatives, for example in situations where they compete for funds. However, the existing practical solutions are scarce and do not fit well these requirements. Therefore, this research proposes a framework (iShare) for assessing the semantic interoperability - one of the facets of interoperability - of governmental agencies that use a common information model for exchanging information with each other. This assessment is made in two parts. The first part assesses how organizations are performing, in terms of semantic interoperability, and the second part assesses the relevance of that performance, considering a series of pre-defined factors. To develop the iShare framework we followed the Design Science Research Method. The framework itself is based on Process Performance Indicators, on the Delphi Method and on the Weighted Sums Model. Its validation was performed during the development of the Portuguese maritime surveillance information exchange system (NIPIMAR), which is based on the information model of the European Maritime Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE). The result of the validation was the assessment of the semantic interoperability of six public organizations participating in the project. In addition, some of the main ideas of the framework were immediately used within the project to assess the semantic interoperability of all organizations that were participating in it and to develop an action plan to improve their interoperability and information exchange. The iShare framework has thus proven to be an innovative, useful, relevant and more objective way of assessing semantic interoperability among various organizations, which tells us how much and how relevant that interoperability is. Hence, the iShare framework contributes to the body of knowledge in the field and opens new possibilities for assessing interoperability and information exchange, and thus to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of governmental agencies. Es un hecho reconocido que el intercambio de información entre organismos y agencias mejora la eficiencia y efectividad en dominios con alto impacto en la sociedad, tales como seguridad, ciberseguridad y salud pública. Por tanto, no es una sorpresa que el desarrollo de la interoperabilidad entre organismos públicos sea una prioridad política en muchos países y que, en la actualidad, se esté trabajando en diversas iniciativas con esta finalidad. La correcta gestión de tales iniciativas requiere instrumentos adecuados, que puedan soportar la definición de la situación existente y la deseada, así como la identificación, priorización, monitorización y control de las acciones que son necesarias para conseguir los objetivos definidos para alcanzar la interoperabilidad. Asimismo, son necesarios instrumentos que permitan justificar y comparar diferentes iniciativas, por ejemplo, en situaciones en las que compitan por financiación. Sin embargo, actualmente las soluciones que ofrecen instrumentos reutilizables para estos propósitos son escasas, y aquellas que existen no cubren bien todos los requisitos. En este contexto, esta tesis doctoral propone un nuevo marco teórico llamado iShare para evaluar la interoperabilidad semántica, uno de los aspectos de la interoperabilidad, de organismos gubernamentales y/o agencias que utilicen un modelo de información común para el intercambio de datos entre ellos. Con iShare, esta evaluación se realiza en dos etapas. En la primera, se evalúa el rendimiento de las organizaciones en términos de interoperabilidad semántica, mientras que en la segunda etapa se evalúa la relevancia de ese rendimiento medido, considerando una serie de factores predeterminados. Para el desarrollo del marco teórico iShare, se utilizó la metodología de investigación Design Science, basada en los indicadores de rendimiento de proceso, en el método Delphi y el modelo Weighted Sums Model. Para su validación, se aplicó el mismo al desarrollo del sistema de vigilancia marítima NIPIMAR en Portugal, el cual está orientado al intercambio de datos y utiliza el modelo de información del programa europeo Maritime CISE (Common Information Sharing Environment for Maritime Surveillance, entorno común de intercambio de datos para vigilancia marítima). El proceso de validación permitió evaluar la interoperabilidad semántica de seis organismos públicos que participaban en el proyecto. Asimismo, algunas de las ideas del marco teórico fueron directamente incorporadas al proyecto para evaluar la interoperabilidad semántica de todos los organismos públicos portugueses y para desarrollar un plan de acción que mejore su interoperabilidad y el intercambio de información entre ellas. Los resultados de esta investigación demuestran que el marco teórico iShare ofrece una solución innovadora, útil, relevante y más objetiva para la evaluación de la interoperabilidad semántica entre varias organizaciones. Por todo ello, el marco teórico iShare contribuye al cuerpo de conocimiento en este campo científico y abre nuevas posibilidades para evaluar la interoperabilidad y así aumentar la eficiencia y la eficacia de las agencias gubernamentales.

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Semantic Interoperability and Sustainability an Industry 4.0 Product Life Cycle Issue

Eslami¹,

Ashouri²,

Lezoche³

2021

Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems

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A Semantic Annotation Framework to Assist the Knowledge Interoperability along a Product Life Cycle

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Semantic annotations for semantic interoperability in a product lifecycle management context

Semantic annotations for semantic interoperability in a product lifecycle management context

Semantic interoperability assessment : iShare framework

Semantic Interoperability and Sustainability an Industry 4.0 Product Life Cycle Issue

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