Title: OWL representation of LCA data Software demonstration
1OWL representation of LCA dataSoftware
demonstration
- Task 4.1
- David Leal (CAESAR Systems)
2CASCADE
- EU project concerned with the standardisation of
a representation for LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)
data - Concepts defined by ISO 14000 series
- Creation of a RDL for the concepts
- Partners
- ENEA - ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E
L'AMBIENTE (I) - 2.-0 LCA CONSULTANTS (DK)
- CAESAR SYSTEMS LIMITED (UK)
- CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (S)
- ECOBILAN SA (F)
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (UK)
- FERRODAY LIMITED (UK)
- POSC/CAESAR ASSOCIATION (NO)
- PRĂˆ CONSULTANTS BV (NL)
- ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (UK)
- APAT AGENZIA PROTEZIONE AMBIENTE E TERRITORIO (I)
- ISML SPA - ISTITUTO SPERIMENTALE METALLI LEGGERI
(I) - IFEU - INSTITUT FUER ENERGIE- UND UMWELTFORSCHUNG
HEIDELBERG GMBH (D)
3Software demonstration
EXCEL representation
CASACADE (ISO 14048 OWL browser)
ISO 14048 OWL
XSLT
XSLT
ISO 14048 XML Chalmers
TEAM XML EcoSpold
SPIDER (ISO 14048 XML browser/ editor)
EcoSpold
4OWL fragment
a statement
ltProcess IDBox manufacturegt ltoutputFlowgt
ltFlowProcess IDFlow_1gt .... about the
flow ... lt/FlowProcessgt lt/outputFlowgt lt/Proc
essgt
box manufacture
Flow 1
outputFlow
object
verb
subject
5OWL fragment
a statement
ltProcess IDBox manufacturegt ltoutputFlowgt
ltFlowProcess IDFlow_1gt .... about the
flow ... lt/FlowProcessgt lt/outputFlowgt lt/Proc
essgt
Process
FlowProcess
outputFlow
6OWL fragment
the vocabulary
ltObjectProperty IDoutputFlowgt ltdomain
resourceProcess/gt ltrange resourceFlowProc
ess/gt ltcommentgt An output flow - ISO 14048
A2.2 1.2. lt/commentgt lt/ObjectPropertygt
Process
FlowProcess
outputFlow
7OWL fragment
a statement
ltFlowProcess IDFlow_1gt ltdestinationDescriptio
ngt Burned as fuel in cement works
lt/destinationDescriptiongt ... more about the
flow ... lt/destinationDescriptiongt lt/FlowProcess
gt
FlowProcess
Literal
destinationDescription
object
verb
subject
8OWL fragment
the vocabulary
ltDatatypeProperty IDdestinationDescriptiongt
ltdomain resourceFlowProcess/gt ltrange
resourceLiteral/gt ltcommentgt A
description of receiving process for
intermediate product flows - ISO 14048 A2.2
1.2.8.1. lt/commentgt lt/DatatypePropertygt
FlowProcess
Literal
destinationDescription
9Lessons learned
- XSLT is simple for native XML to OWL
- XSLT also works for OWL to native XML
- Provided that there are some constraints on the
style of OWL - Applications that use OWL tools are simple to
write - Somebody has to do the work of converting
concepts defined by ISO standards into formal
vocabularies - The activity shows up places where standards are
vague - The key problems occurs at the boundary of
standardisation scope - Where are the standard ontologies for substances
and their properties?