A Framework to Support Semantic Interoperability in Product Design and Manufacture

摘要

Problems related to knowledge sharing in product design and manufacture, for supporting automated decision-making procedures, are associated with the inability to communicate the full meaning of concepts and their intent within and across system boundaries. This chapter proposes a Semantic Manufacturing Interoperability Framework (SMIF) to support interoperable design and manufacture knowledge at the semantic level. The framework uses a heavyweight ontological underpinning and provides a logic-based approach for the reconciliation of domain semantics. The framework has been implemented and the important findings have been documented in this chapter.