OntoCAPE: A ReUsable Ontology for Chemical Process Engineering (RWTHedition),Used

ReviewFrom the reviews:Ontologies are key components in the realization of the semantic Web. This book describes the design and structure of a large, complex ontology in chemical engineering, called OntoCAPE. an excellent guide to an elaborate ontology. A researcher or knowledge engineer who plans to design an ontology could learn a lot from this volume. The items that specifically relate to chemistry or engineering issues do not interfere with the readers learning about the authors design and implementation choices. (Anthony J. Duben, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2011)Product DescriptionMotivation for this Book Ontologies have received increasing attention over the last two decades. Their roots can be traced back to the ancient philosophers, who were interested in a c ceptualization of the world. In the more recent past, ontologies and ontological engineering have evolved in computer science, building on various roots such as logics, knowledge representation, information modeling and management, and (knowledgebased) information systems. Most recently, largely driven by the next generation internet, the socalled Semantic Web, ontological software engineering has developed into a scientific field of its own, which puts particular emphasis on the theoretical foundations of representation and reasoning, and on the methods and tools required for building ontologybased software applications in diverse domains. Though this field is largely dominated by computer science, close re tionships have been established with its diverse areas of application, where searchers are interested in exploiting the results of ontological software engine ing, particularly to build large knowledgeintensive applications at high productivity and low maintenance effort. Consequently, a large number of scientific papers and monographs have been p lished in the very recent past dealing with the theory and practice of ontological software engineering. So far, the majority of those books are dedicated to the th retical foundations of ontologies, including philosophical treatises and their re tionships to established methods in information systems and ontological software engineering.From the Back CoverThis book presents OntoCAPE, a formal domain ontology for chemical process engineering, which is based on a general upper ontology for engineering. The organization and structure of the ontology are depicted, and the conceptualizations of various topic areas are described in detail, including the areas of mereology, topology, systems theory, network systems, plant engineering, and others. Additionally, the rationale for choosing one particular conceptualization over the other is explicated, thus providing the reader with the necessary background knowledge for extending and customizing the ontology to his/her own purposes.Finally, the usage of the ontology is explained, and some sample applications are presented.About the AuthorWolfgang Marquardt, born in 1956 in Germany, studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart and graduated with the degree of a "DiplIng. " in 1982. Subsequently, he worked for the Institute of System Dynamics and Control of the University of Stuttgart and completed his dissertation in 1988. He was honored with the Award of the Alumni Foundation of the University of Stuttgart (Freunde der Universitt Stuttgart).He left the University of Stuttgart in 1989 to do postdoctoral research on a NATOscholarship at the UWPREL in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of WisconsinMadison. He was distinguished with the ArnoldEuckenPreis of VDIGVC for his accomplishments on the analysis and control of distillation processes in 1990.In 1991 to finish the "Habilitation" on "Dynamic Modelling and Simulation of Chemical Processes". In 1992, he moved to RWTH Aachen University of Technology where he was appointed to Professor for Process Systems Engineering. Since then he has build u