How semantics can improve engineering processes: A case of units of measure and quantities

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 276-287

  Rijgersberg, H ^a   Wigham, M ^a   Top, J L ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data annotation; Ontology; Quantities; Semantic calculation; Units of measure; Web services

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAINS; DATA ANNOTATION; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ENGINEERING PROCESS; FORMAL DESCRIPTION; INFORMATION SHARING; MICROSOFT EXCEL; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; QUANTITIES; REFERENCE DESCRIPTIONS; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STANDARDIZED INTERFACES; TEXTUAL DESCRIPTION; UNITS OF MEASURE; USER EVALUATIONS; WEB APPLICATION;

MODELS; SEMANTIC WEB; SEMANTICS; STANDARDS; SUPPLY CHAINS; WEB SERVICES;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 79954417803     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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