IE /25/2013 Lucas Mesmer

 Create an ontology that relates “parts” to the manufacturing processes that produced them

 Manufacturing Service Descriptive Language (MSDL) ◦ Designed as an upper ontology representing the capabilities of manufacturing services ◦ Does not incorporate BFO ◦ Primary objective: Supplier discovery in web-based environments

 Processes in MSDL  True-Path Rule  End Milling Definition

 Processes in PMPO  True-Path Rule ◦ Mold  Inputs / Outputs and Qualities

 Sand Casting Description  Inputs / Outputs and Qualities  Primarily focused on the part that is output and the associated qualities of the outputted part

 Part Definitions  Part A Property Assertions

 Reasoner Results  Part A_Description  Part A Property Assertions

 Reasoner Results  Part capable of having been milled

 Engineering ◦ Determination of potential processes to create a specific part  Engineering / Purchasing ◦ Alternative process discovery ◦ Supplier discovery