Towards a meaningful manufacturing enterprise metamodel: A semantic driven framework

Abstract

This paper presents a deep investigation and an interdisciplinary analysis of the collaborative networked enterprise engineering issues and modelling approaches related to the relevant aspects of the semantic web technology and knowledge strategies. The paper also suggests a novel framework based on ontology metamodelling, knowledge model discovery, and semantic web infrastructures, architectures, languages, and systems. The main aim of the research enclosed in this paper is to bridge the gaps between enterprise engineering, modelling, and especially networking by intensively applying semantic web technology based on ontology conceptual representations and knowledge discovery. The ontological modelling approaches together with knowledge strategies such as discovery (data mining) have become promising for future enterprise computing systems. The related reported research deals with the conceptual definition of a semantic-driven framework and a manufacturing enterprise metamodel (ME_M) using ontology, knowledge-driven object models, standards, and architectural approaches applied to collaborative networked enterprises. The conceptual semantic framework and related issues discussed in this paper may contribute towards new approaches of enterprise systems engineering and networking as well as applied standard and referenced ontological models.

An ontology-based method for the development of a troubleshooting configuration system

“…They developed meta-ontology for part libraries to provide an integrated view of multiple part libraries. Neaga et al (2007) bridged the gaps between enterprise engineering, modelling, and especially networking by intensively applying semantic web technology based on ontology conceptual representations and knowledge discovery. Xu and Li (2008) created a modelling schema to address the manufacturing resources for process planning, especially for process reasoning.…”

REA-based Enterprise Business Domain Ontology Construction

“…Uschold introduced an enterprise ontology whose basic components are marketing, enterprise, strategy, activity [10]. Neaga and Harding studied the information model components of manufacturing enterprise and proposed a business framework [11]. McCarthy also made study on it.…”

“…McCarthy also made study on it. Based on the holistic information framework which was introduced by Neaga et al [11] and combined with REA model, in this paper we proposed a two-layer enterprise information architecture as in Fig.4.…”

“…Only control over some resources, enterprises can add more value and achieve enterprise strategies and targets. Therefore the type and Enterprise: The enterprise captures how the process is undergone and controlled, and where the process is located, or the area of responsibility where the process takes place [11].…”