An approach on business process ontology for CSCW using PSL

Ontology is considered as one of the most important roles in knowledge sharing and reusing. However, how to effectively construct the enterprise process domain ontology is a difficult problem. This paper proposes a new business process ontology construction approach using Process Specification Language (PSL) based on the EPMS¹ and Computer Integrated Manufacturing Open System Architecture (CIMOSA) in process simulation. In this paper, we propose a unified collaborative process of business process ontology model based on Region Connection Calculus (RCC) theory to resolve automatic semantic analysis on system integration process and the uncertainty of business process. An architecture of the cooperative work system for manufacturing enterprise is proposed and the prototype system of the enterprise process simulation has been expanded. Some experimental results are concluded and show the proposed method could effectively support business process cooperation.