ISO 15926

Abstract

This chapter gives a brief description of the ISO15926 which presents the philosophy and basic concepts, and a brief review of ontology process and methodology for data integration and knowledge modelling. In the days of Big Data, a domain of special importance is the life-cycle data of processing facilities, for example the petrochemical installations, offshore platforms, and food processing. During the life-cycle of a facility, which may last for many decades, data are produced and are used for reference by hundreds of mutually incompatible applications that produce data in a multitude of formats. Where many of today systems require data cleansing,” the aim of ISO 15926 is to map data at the source into the ISO 15926 format, with all due quality assurance before actual storage. ISO 15926 is an attempt to develop ontology domains for data modeling and interoperability using the Semantic Web. It also includes an upper ontology for data integration and exchange. It is originally made for the Oil and Gas industry in order to prepare a common data model for long-term data integration, access, and sharing. It was developed with ISO TC184/SC4-Industrial Data by the EPISTLE consortium, and it is designed to support the evolution of data along time (ISO 15663-3, 2001). ISO 15926 is organized into a number of parts, each published separately.