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Ontology for Systems Engineering as a base for MBSE
Author(s) -
van Ruijven L.C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2015.00061.x
Subject(s) - ontology , computer science , ontology based data integration , software engineering , information engineering , systems engineering , ontology engineering , process ontology , rdf , information system , database , semantic web , information retrieval , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , domain knowledge , electrical engineering
This paper presents a method for creating a Systems Engineering ontology to enable Model‐Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). This method is based on creating a set of information models as defined in ISO 15926‐11. ISO 15926 is a well‐known life cycle data integration standard from the process industry. During the engineering phase of several capital facility projects, the method has also shown to be helpful in Systems Engineering communication between involved parties. Based on the information models and the set of relationships defined herein and in combination with a Reference Data Library (RDL), one can build or configure an information management system or data exchange mechanism to support Systems Engineering processes. The presented ontology has been validated in real projects based respectively on the software tool Relatics and on a RDF Named Graph application using a triple store. Experiences with the described ontology have shown that the topic of ontology is important for systems engineering and that there is merit in further examining the suitability of ISO 15288 as an ontological foundation, enabling formalized MBSE.