Digitization in Engineering

A procedure for the continuous, work-sharing modelling using the example of automation

Eike Schäffer, Lars Penczek, Andreas Mayr, Jupiter Bakakeu, Jörg Franke, Bernd Kuhlenkötter ORCID Icon
JournalIndustrie 4.0 Management
Issue Volume 35, 2019, Edition 1, Pages 61-66
Open Accesshttps://doi.org/10.30844/I40M_19-1_S61-66
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Abstract

Digitization in engineering promises automated workflows, higher speed and lower costs in the development of automation solutions. The prerequisite for this is not only modularization based on a structured description language, but also uniform, interdependent modeling that ensures automated data exchange across system boundaries. In order to achieve a broad application, the underlying ontology should be based on existing norms and standards and be available in open source applications. However, the collaborative and consistent development of such an ontology requires a structured, methodical procedure and an associated modelling map that serves as an orientation for standardized, work-sharing modelling. A possible approach for the required procedure model and the related map will be presented in this article and validated using AutomationML. The presented approach should point out a possible direction and stimulate further process-controlled modelling efforts of ontologies.

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