3.1 Ontologies and Formal Notation
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may be used for rules, but only under a relatively complex set of constraints; for
details, cf. the reference manual on OWL2 language profiles [12] as well as the
textbooks mentioned above [1, 4].
The present discussion of ontologies in materials modelling will generally limit
itself to the minimum required level of theoretical detail. Section 3.2 introduces the
European Virtual Marketplace Framework, constituted by multiple Horizon 2020
projects, and its (comparably small and abstract) ontology EVMPO; on this basis,
Sects. 3.3 to 3.5 introduce the modelling service-oriented marketplace-level domain
ontologies MACRO, MMTO, OSMO, OTRAS, VICO and VIVO, and Chap. 4 introduces the marketplace-level domain ontologies VISO and VOV that permit the
description of simulation codes, materials models and associated quantities such as
model parameters and thermodynamic properties or boundary conditions. Section 5
discusses top-level ontologies, which are at the highest level of abstraction (and
therefore rather formal and philosophical), the alignment between top-level and
domain ontologies, and practical applications from CME/ICME-based process data
technology.
3.2 European Virtual Marketplace Framework
To enable semantic interoperability and FAIR data management,
6 the VIMMP project
has developed a system of marketplace-level domain ontologies, cf. Fig. 3.1, supporting the ingest and retrieval of data and metadata at the VIMMP marketplace front
end [14]; these ontologies are expressed in OWL2 using TTL notation [4]. Internally,
VIMMP uses the marketplace-level domain ontologies as a part of its approach to
data management, underlying the interactions with users at its front end [14]. VIMMP
contributes to the activities of the EMMC to coordinate these developments with the
community and the ecosystem of platforms developed from related projects funded
from the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
The European Virtual Marketplace Framework (EVMF) establishes an ecosystem of interoperable environments that builds on previous EMMC standardization
efforts, including RoMM [17], the EMMC Translation Case Template [18], the
EMMC Translators’ Guide [19] and the MODA metadata standard for simulation
workflows [20]. Within this interoperability framework, any provider will have the
possibility to choose the depth at which any provided services and tools implement
jointly agreed semantics: the deeper the adherence, the deeper the capability to interoperate with other platforms and services. While the EVMF was established by a
collaboration between the VIMMP and MarketPlace consortia in coordination with
the EMMC, it is open to participation by all developers, providers, translators and end
users of services in materials modelling. The EVMF is entirely based on transpar6 Disclaimer: Contents from Sects. 3.2–3.5, 4.3, 4.4, 5.2 and 5.4 are also included in the openly
accessible documentation of the VIMMP ontologies [13], which is distributed with the VIMMP
ontology release.
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may be used for rules, but only under a relatively complex set of constraints; for
details, cf. the reference manual on OWL2 language profiles [12] as well as the
textbooks mentioned above [1, 4].
The present discussion of ontologies in materials modelling will generally limit
itself to the minimum required level of theoretical detail. Section 3.2 introduces the
European Virtual Marketplace Framework, constituted by multiple Horizon 2020
projects, and its (comparably small and abstract) ontology EVMPO; on this basis,
Sects. 3.3 to 3.5 introduce the modelling service-oriented marketplace-level domain
ontologies MACRO, MMTO, OSMO, OTRAS, VICO and VIVO, and Chap. 4 introduces the marketplace-level domain ontologies VISO and VOV that permit the
description of simulation codes, materials models and associated quantities such as
model parameters and thermodynamic properties or boundary conditions. Section 5
discusses top-level ontologies, which are at the highest level of abstraction (and
therefore rather formal and philosophical), the alignment between top-level and
domain ontologies, and practical applications from CME/ICME-based process data
technology.
3.2 European Virtual Marketplace Framework
To enable semantic interoperability and FAIR data management,
6 the VIMMP project
has developed a system of marketplace-level domain ontologies, cf. Fig. 3.1, supporting the ingest and retrieval of data and metadata at the VIMMP marketplace front
end [14]; these ontologies are expressed in OWL2 using TTL notation [4]. Internally,
VIMMP uses the marketplace-level domain ontologies as a part of its approach to
data management, underlying the interactions with users at its front end [14]. VIMMP
contributes to the activities of the EMMC to coordinate these developments with the
community and the ecosystem of platforms developed from related projects funded
from the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
The European Virtual Marketplace Framework (EVMF) establishes an ecosystem of interoperable environments that builds on previous EMMC standardization
efforts, including RoMM [17], the EMMC Translation Case Template [18], the
EMMC Translators’ Guide [19] and the MODA metadata standard for simulation
workflows [20]. Within this interoperability framework, any provider will have the
possibility to choose the depth at which any provided services and tools implement
jointly agreed semantics: the deeper the adherence, the deeper the capability to interoperate with other platforms and services. While the EVMF was established by a
collaboration between the VIMMP and MarketPlace consortia in coordination with
the EMMC, it is open to participation by all developers, providers, translators and end
users of services in materials modelling. The EVMF is entirely based on transpar6 Disclaimer: Contents from Sects. 3.2–3.5, 4.3, 4.4, 5.2 and 5.4 are also included in the openly
accessible documentation of the VIMMP ontologies [13], which is distributed with the VIMMP
ontology release.