What is BS EN 62656-1 - Standardized product ontology register about?
In the context of computer and information sciences, an ontology defines a set of representational primitives with which to model a domain of knowledge or discourse. BS EN 62656-1 specifies the logical structure for a set of spreadsheets, used as “data parcels”, to define, transfer and register product ontologies. The logical data structure described in BS EN 62656-1 is named “Parcellized Ontology Model” or “POM” for short, and each vehicle of transport of the model is called a “parcel” and may be used for definition, transfer, and registering of a reference dictionary as a collection of metadata, or for similar purposes for instances belonging to a certain class of the reference dictionary.
The spreadsheet interface structure defined in BS EN 62656-1 contains the following:
Definition and specification of the logical structure and layout of the spreadsheet interface for definition, transfer, and registering of a reference dictionary
Definition and specification of library instance data belonging to a class of a reference dictionary described by a set of spreadsheets conformant to BS EN 62656-1
Definition and specification of the meta dictionary that enables the definition and transfer of a reference dictionary as a set of instance data conforming to the meta dictionary
Definition and specification of the meta-m...