Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10673657 | CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The specification activity is a critical enabler for collaborative product development through an extended enterprise. Often this activity involves numerous iterations before a shared understanding of the product requirements is achieved since various omissions, ambiguities and assumptions have to be resolved. This paper will present a framework for the electronic-enabling of the requirements founded on ontology-based constructs to provide a shared conceptualisation of the knowledge needed for the specification of a product. The application of ontology is a means to establish the consensual knowledge about the needs of a product and to then apply this shared understanding for its specification.
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Authors
R. Roy, C.I.V. Kerr, P.J. Sackett, J. Corbett,