- addressing interoperability at semantic level, i.e. focusing on the customers' needs (on the "what"),
- addressing the "what" at global level, i.e. merging all customers' needs in a global conceptual data model resulting in the so-called Space System Ontology.
Motivation
The Overall Semantic Modelling for System Engineering initiative arises from the need of enhancing the way information,
knowledge is exchanged among the stakeholders involved, enabling efficient interoperability among model-based
infrastructures used.
The OSMoSE initiative promotes:
- The MB4SE Advisory Group responsible for all managerial issues.
- The OSMoSE Design Authority Group responsible for the technical aspects.
OSMoSE Governance
To succeed with the OSMoSE initiative, the need for an OSMoSE Governance has raised with objectives to drive the development of
the Space System Ontology and to ensure the quality of the produced Ontology to be efficiently used by everyone.
The OSMoSE Governance involves representatives of the European Space industrial and Agencies actors.
The Space System Ontology is governed by two groups:
- The space segment (which may be formed on one or several spacecrafts, landers, on-surface devices), including its on-board subsystems;
- The ground and operations segment; and
- The launcher.
Space System Ontology
The Space System Ontology addresses the System aspects of any Space Systems, considering that the system is meant to include:
Its scope covers all the phases of the life cycle, but the Ontology extent shall be limited to the knowledge exchange among stakeholders. Firstly, the Ontology will focus on those elements that are not specific to any particular engineering domain. Later, it shall cover these specific exchanges (e.g. thermal domain).