Ontological Product Modeling for Collaborative Design

Published

October 30, 2009

Author(s)

Conrad E. Bock, XuanFang Zha, Hyo W. Suh, Jae H. Lee

Abstract

This paper presents a product modeling language for collaborative design that has the benefits of ontology and expanded capabilities in conventional product modeling. The proposed approach uses ontology to increase flexibility and accuracy in combining, refining, and checking consistency of requirements and designs from multiple, disparate sources, and model-based approaches to develop more powerful, engineering-friendly languages for using ontology. It can capture partial and high-level models in early stages of design, as well as more complete and detailed models in later stages, and supports reliable interpretation of models across the product lifecycle. Examples are given in a proof-of-concept implementation.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7643

Report Number

7643

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7643

Keywords

collaborative design, heterogeneous application, information exchange, interoperability, ontology, Product models

Citation

Bock, C. , Zha, X. , Suh, H. and Lee, J. (2009), Ontological Product Modeling for Collaborative Design, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7643 (Accessed October 13, 2025)