Feature-based ontological framework for semantic interoperability in product development

Gupta, RK and Gurumoorthy, B (2021) Feature-based ontological framework for semantic interoperability in product development. In: Advanced Engineering Informatics, 48 .

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Abstract

An essential requirement in integrating tasks in product development is to have a seamless exchange of product information through the entire product lifecycle. A key challenge in the integration is the exchange of shape semantics in terms of understandable labels and representations. A unified taxonomy is proposed to represent, classify, and extract shape features. This taxonomy is built using the Domain-Independent Form Feature (DIFF) model as the representation of features. All the shape features in a product model are classified under three main classes, namely, volumetric features, deformation features and free-form surface features. Shape feature ontology is developed using the unified taxonomy, which brings the shape features under a single reasoning framework. One-to-many reasoning framework is presented for mapping semantically equivalent information (label and representation) of the feature to be exchanged to target applications, and the reconstruction of the shape model automatically in that target application. An algorithm has been developed to extract the semantics of shape features and construct the model in the target application. The algorithm developed has been tested for shape models taken from literature and test cases are selected based on variations of topology and geometry. Results of exchanging product information are presented and discussed. Finally, the limitations of the proposed method for exchanging product information are explained. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Advanced Engineering Informatics
Publisher:	Elsevier Ltd
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to Elsevier Ltd
Keywords:	Ontology; Product development; Semantics; Taxonomies, Deformation feature; Domain independents; Ontological frameworks; Product information; Product-life-cycle; Reasoning framework; Semantic interoperability; Volumetric features, Life cycle
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2021 09:22
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2021 09:22
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/69541

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