Interdisciplinary collaboration in the product lifecycle is becoming increasingly important. One core topic is data-driven collaboration in engineering environments, which is being addressed by different project groups in the prostep ivip Association. In the future, it is intended that they be provided with the opportunity to collaborate more closely and work together on addressing specific cross-domain issues. The prerequisite for this is consistent management of knowledge and information. That is why the Technical Steering Committee has launched the Psi Ontology (psiOnt) initiative.
The objective of psiOnt is to create a cross-project group information model that identifies not only similarities and correlations but also gaps that exist between the individual project groups and makes the information that is gathered available for use. The use of a top-level ontology is intended to make the project groups more efficient. In addition, the insights into the use of web technologies and ontologies gained from this initiative will provide association members with important information on how to getting to grips with the challenges posed when linking information.
The consolidated documentation of the top-level ontology is available and can be accessed within the association via the ivip Confluence portal. This year, focus was placed on validation. This involved presenting the ontology to the project groups for further use and incorporating experience gained from implementation during creation of the CEEC demonstrator. The aim of the demonstrator was to map different use cases using a standardized data model.
The initiative was tasked with synchronizing the ontologies of the different project groups and merging them to create a common ontology. One of the challenges involved was gaining an overview of the ontologies of the project groups, some of which have been around for a very long time and have not documented their terminologies in a uniform manner.
It is planned that the ivip ontologies also be made available to anyone outside the association in 2024. An appropriate platform is being prepared for this purpose. The methodology for preparing, documenting and updating the ontologies will be aligned with other project groups.
"Collaboration between the project partners and the project groups involved worked well. The task of providing support for use of a top-level ontology remains".
"This year, we want to discuss to what extent the ontological approach might prove useful for other prostep ivip project groups and for general industrial applications based on the results achieved in the context of defining the top-level ontology and implementing it in the demonstrator."
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