Analysis of Existing Ontological Systems for Applications in Manufacturing and211 Healthcare

摘要

The objective of this work described in this paper is to move closer to the211u001eultimate goal of seamless system integration using the principle behind 211u001eontological engineering to unambiguously define domain-specific concepts. A major 211u001echallenge facing industry today is the lack of interoperability between 211u001eheterogeneous systems. This challenge is apparent in many sectors, including both 211u001ehealthcare and manufacturing. Current integration efforts are usually based 211u001esolely on how information is represented (the syntax or terminology) without a 211u001edescription of what the information means (the semantics). With the growing 211u001ecomplexity of information and the increasing need to completely and correctly 211u001eexchange information among different systems, the need for precise and 211u001eunambiguous capture of the meaning of concept within a given system is becoming 211u001eapparent. The approach for this project is to analyze current ontological systems 211u001eto determine which is most suitable to model the concepts in both the healthcare 211u001eand manuacturing domains.