1. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: An Ontology for the Autonomous Reconfiguration of a Flexible Fixture Device J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 2013;13(2):021003-021003-11. doi:10.1115/1.4023587 CAD model of FMS with CNC mill and lathe, conveyor system, handling robots and storage (top) and CAD model of the automatically reconfigurable vise (bottom) Figure Legend:

2. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: An Ontology for the Autonomous Reconfiguration of a Flexible Fixture Device J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 2013;13(2):021003-021003-11. doi:10.1115/1.4023587 Ontology building methodology, combination of meta process [31] and practical methods [20,32] Figure Legend:

3. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: An Ontology for the Autonomous Reconfiguration of a Flexible Fixture Device J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 2013;13(2):021003-021003-11. doi:10.1115/1.4023587 Ontology purpose: Represent domain knowledge and serve as basis for a computer-aided fixture design system that allows for autonomous fixture reconfiguration Figure Legend:

4. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: An Ontology for the Autonomous Reconfiguration of a Flexible Fixture Device J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 2013;13(2):021003-021003-11. doi:10.1115/1.4023587 Example of an informal competency question with decomposition and rationale Figure Legend:

5. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: An Ontology for the Autonomous Reconfiguration of a Flexible Fixture Device J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 2013;13(2):021003-021003-11. doi:10.1115/1.4023587 Informal concept hierarchy of the class jaw Figure Legend:

6. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: An Ontology for the Autonomous Reconfiguration of a Flexible Fixture Device J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 2013;13(2):021003-021003-11. doi:10.1115/1.4023587 Concept diagram of the core concepts and relations of the fixture design ontology Figure Legend:

7. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: An Ontology for the Autonomous Reconfiguration of a Flexible Fixture Device J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 2013;13(2):021003-021003-11. doi:10.1115/1.4023587 Shape-based queries created in Protégé and resulting instances of feasible jaws Figure Legend:

8. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: An Ontology for the Autonomous Reconfiguration of a Flexible Fixture Device J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 2013;13(2):021003-021003-11. doi:10.1115/1.4023587 Dimension-based queries created in Protégé and resulting instances of feasible jaws Figure Legend:

9. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: An Ontology for the Autonomous Reconfiguration of a Flexible Fixture Device J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 2013;13(2):021003-021003-11. doi:10.1115/1.4023587 ID-based query created in Protégé and resulting instances of feasible jaws Figure Legend: