OWL representation of LCA data Software demonstration

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OWL representation of LCA dataSoftware
demonstration

• Task 4.1
• David Leal (CAESAR Systems)

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CASCADE

• 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)
• PRÈ 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)

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Software 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
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OWL 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
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OWL fragment
a statement
ltProcess IDBox manufacturegt ltoutputFlowgt
ltFlowProcess IDFlow_1gt .... about the
flow ... lt/FlowProcessgt lt/outputFlowgt lt/Proc
essgt
Process
FlowProcess
outputFlow
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OWL 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
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OWL 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
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OWL 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
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Lessons 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?