Experiences with product data interchange: on product models, integration, and standardisation
Computers in Industry - Special issue: product and process data modelling
The application of STEP in the automotive supply chain
Computers in Industry - Special issue: product and process data modelling
ACM SIGMOD Record
An Empirical Analysis of Process Industry Transformation Systems
Management Science
Agent-based ontology integration for ontology-based applications
AOW '05 Proceedings of the 2005 Australasian Ontology Workshop - Volume 58
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Collaborative environments for concurrent engineering
Product lifecycle management in aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul
Computers in Industry
An assessment of the current state of product data technologies
Computer-Aided Design
Against Idiosyncrasy in Ontology Development
Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference (FOIS 2006)
Comparison of data models for plant lifecycle information management
Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Leading the Web in Concurrent Engineering: Next Generation Concurrent Engineering
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IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews
On the application of software modelling principles on ISO 15926
Proceedings of the Modelling of the Physical World Workshop
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In this article the use of asset information standards for collaboration in the process industry is reviewed based on a survey of the literature and two case studies. The investigation shows that the process industry appears to have had only limited success in introducing such standards so far, despite significant efforts. Since information hand-over between asset life cycle phases is important, lack of information standardization suggests that collaboration costs are higher than necessary. Reported causes can be grouped into standard related causes (slow development of standards, stability, complexity, cost, quality/ontological problems), organization related causes (lack of direct financial incentives, organizational readiness, resistance to change) and business environment related causes (legal aspects, level of adoption, limited governmental enforcement and a lack of dominant actors in the process industry). It is also shown that initial local configuration of a standard may lead to successful acceptance of the standards, but may hinder later external use. The contribution of this article is insight into the use of asset information standards and the causes for lack of pervasiveness. This is necessary for improving the use of standards in collaboration in the process industry. The article concludes by suggesting future research directions.