1. IE 500 11/25/2013 Lucas Mesmer

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

3.  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

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

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

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

7.  Part Definitions  Part A Property Assertions

8.  Reasoner Results  Part A_Description  Part A Property Assertions

9.  Reasoner Results  Part capable of having been milled

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