Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology paper out now

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Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology: Leveraging
Perspectives via a Showcase of EMMO-Based Domain
and Application Ontologies

 

An article outlining the Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology (EMMO) has been published in the Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management. This article was written by Goldbeck Consulting, along with colleagues from SINTEF, Norway, and the Univeristy of Bologna, Italy, as part of the NanoMECommons and OpenModel EU projects.

This image shows EMMO’s architecture, with its backbone based on mereocausality and its implementation of physics, chemistry
and materials, grounded in current natural science foundations (StandardModel). This figure was taken from Del Nostro, P. et al. Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management – KEOD, 135–142 (2024) published under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.

The paper outlines the foundations of EMMO and describes its pluralistic (multi-perspective) approach. The paper goes on to describe three application ontologies built on the EMMO: a Battery Testing Ontology, which provides a structured framework for representing knowledge related to battery testing and quality control; a Hyperdimensional Polymer Ontology, which is designed to represent the wide variety of polymeric materials focusing on manufacturing aspects; and a MarketPlace Agent and Expert Ontology, which models experts, their expertise, and the community in the field of Materials Modeling.

Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology: Leveraging Perspectives via a Showcase of EMMO-Based Domain and Application Ontologies

was written by Pierluigi Del Nostro, Gerhard Goldbeck, Ferry Kienberger, Manuel Moertelmaier, Andrea Pozzi, Nawfal Al-Zubaidi-R-Smith, and Daniele Toti.

EMMOpaper

Or to view the paper, click here.

A version of record of this work is available here.

 

Acknowledgement: This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreements No 952869 (NanoMECommons) and No 953167 (OpenModel)

News: Battery testing ontology paper

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Battery testing ontology

An EMMO-based semantic framework for
representing knowledge in battery testing and battery quality control

 

As the importance of and our reliance on batteries in our day-to-day lives continues to increase, so does the need for advanced battery management systems and test procedures. This need can become a complicated task because batteries are used in many applications, such as electric vehicles, energy storage systems and watches.

Recently, a paper has been published in Computers in Industry that describes a new Battery Testing Ontology (BTO), which has been developed in a collaboration between Goldbeck Consulting and Keysight Technologies as part of the EU NanoMECommons project. BTO provides a comprehensive framework for the representation of data and protocols in battery testing and quality control.

The BTO elucidates concepts specific to battery testing and integrates them with the Characterization Methodology Ontology (CHAMEO) (see image below) and other relevant  materials science ontologies, including the Battery Domain Ontology (BDO) and the Electrochemistry Domain Ontology (EDO). The BTO is fully aligned with the Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology (EMMO).

 

This image shows the core classes and properties of the Battery Testing Ontology to describe the overall battery testing process displaying the various processes, subclasses, and instances used. This figure was taken from Del Nostro, P. et al. Computers in Industry 164, 104203 (2025) published under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.

 

The BTO is able to model a variety of electrical battery cell tests, including impedance spectroscopy (current and voltage over time), self-discharge (current over time), and high-voltage tests (voltage over time). It can also integrate necessary test hardware requirements for a given set of battery cell properties, e.g. the separator layer quality in the high-voltage test.

Within the NanoMECommons project, BTO has been developed on the basis of existing Matlab and JSON files, from which metadata tables were collaboratively developed, and these were subsequently modelled in a CHAMEO and EMMO aligned ontology.

The resulting “semantic layer” on top of existing file systems offers a standardized and extendable way to detail and share testing outcomes across application scenarios.

The work has demonstrated BTO’s potential to enhance battery test design and optimise test accuracy, both of which aid continuous improvements in safety, reliability, and efficiency of battery systems.

The integration of data and concepts across battery testing, materials characterisation and other materials science domains facilitated by the alignment with the EMMO is beneficial because it fosters a collaborative and cohesive interdisciplinary approach to battery research, development and testing.

 

Battery testing ontology: An EMMO-based semantic framework for representing knowledge in battery testing and battery quality control

was written by Pierluigi Del Nostro, Gerhard Goldbeck, Ferry Kienberger, Manuel Moertelmaier, Andrea Pozzi, Nawfal Al-Zubaidi-R-Smith, and Daniele Toti.

Battery-testing-ontology-paper

Or to view the paper, click here.

A version of record of this work is available here.

 

Acknowledgement: This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 952869 (NanoMECommons)

 

Homerton College, Cambridge. Credit: Gerhard Goldbeck

Workshop on materials characterisation, data standardisation and digitalisation meeting 2024 photo gallery

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Here is a gallery of photos from the workshop on materials characterisation, data standardisation and digitalisation meeting held at Homerton College, Cambridge, UK 20 November 2024.

Battery testing ontology paper

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Battery testing ontology

An EMMO-based semantic framework for
representing knowledge in battery testing and battery quality control

 

Goldbeck Consulting, along with partners from the NanoMECommons project and DigiCell, have published an article in Computers in Industry, that describes a new, Battery Testing Ontology (BTO) that provides a comprehensive framework for the representation of knowledge in battery testing and quality control areas that will faciliate innovations and advances in this area.

As the importance of and our reliance on batteries in our day-to-day lives continues to increase, so does the need for advanced battery management systems and test procedures. This is a complicated task because batteries are used in many applications, such as electric vehicles, energy storage systems and watches. Here, the BTO provides a standardized framework to represent battery testing knowledge, which integrates with materials science ontologies to improve testing and quality control.

The BTO is also fully aligned with the Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology (EMMO) and other related domain ontologies, including the Battery Domain Ontology (BDO), the Electrochemistry Domain Ontology (EDO) and the Characterization Methodology Ontology (CHAMEO), and therefore can help to improve the safety, reliability and efficiency of battery systems.

Battery testing ontology: An EMMO-based semantic framework for representing knowledge in battery testing and battery quality control

was written by Pierluigi Del Nostro, Gerhard Goldbeck, Ferry Kienberger, Manuel Moertelmaier, Andrea Pozzi, Nawfal Al-Zubaidi-R-Smith, and Daniele Toti.

Battery-testing-ontology-paper

Or to view the paper, click here.

A version of record of this work is available here.

 

Acknowledgement: This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 952869 (NanoMECommons)

 

One of the presentations at SeMatS 2024. Credit: Gerhard GoldbeckOne of the presentations at SeMatS 2024. Credit: Gerhard Goldbeck
One of the presentations at SeMatS 2024. Credit: Gerhard Goldbeck One of the presentations at SeMatS 2024. Credit: Gerhard Goldbeck One of the presentations at SeMatS 2024. Credit: Gerhard Goldbeck Gerhard presenting at SeMatS 2024 on Top Level Ontologies. Credit: Gerhard Goldbeck Gerhard presenting at SeMatS 2024 on Top Level Ontologies. Credit: Gerhard Goldbeck Gerhard presenting at SeMatS 2024 on Top Level Ontologies. Credit: Gerhard Goldbeck Gerhard presenting at SeMatS 2024 on Top Level Ontologies. Credit: Gerhard Goldbeck Gerhard presenting at SeMatS 2024 on Top Level Ontologies. Credit: Gerhard Goldbeck

SeMats 2024 photo gallery

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Here is a gallery of photos from SeMats 2024, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Photo credits: Gerhard Godlbeck, GCL.

 

Nanotexnology 2024

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Last week, Otello attended the Nanotexnology 2024 International Conferences & Exhibition on Nanotechnologies, Organic Electronics & Nanomedicine series in Thessaloniki, Greece, and took part in a couple of events.

On Saturday 29 June, he attended the 18th International Summer Schools on “Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies, Organic Electronics & Nanomedicine” and gave a talk entitled “Organic semiconductor landscapes from molecular dynamics simulations”.

Then, on Thursday 7 July, as part of the 17th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics, Otello gave an invited talk on “Structurally accurate coarse-grained model for polymers: a lesson of validation” as part of a wider workshop on open innovation and standardization and presented a post on the CHAMEO ontology.

Gerhard speaking at MW2004Gerhard speaking at MW2004, Credit: Xiran Dong
Gerhard speaking at MW2004 Gerhard speaking at MW2004 Gerhard speaking at MW2004 Gerhard speaking at MW2004 Photo of a poster about NanoMeCommons at MW2004 Gerhard and Jesper Friis at MW2024 Gerhard presenting the NanoMECommons poster Venue for Materials Week 2024, Limmasol, Cyprus. Gerhard talking about CHAMEO during Materials Week 2024 Gerhard talking about CHAMEO during Materials Week 2024. Gerhard talking about CHAMEO during Materials Week 2024.

Materials Week 2024 photo gallery

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Here is a gallery of photos from Materials Week 2024, Limmasol, Cyprus. Photo credits: Xiran Dong, TUWien and Alex Simperler, GCL.

 

Semantic Materials Workshop report 2024

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Semantic Materials Workshop Report

Semantic data and knowledge management for chemicals and materials industries

A partnership meeting organised by the OntoTrans project

 

Following the success of the inaugural Semantic Materials Workshop meeting that took place at the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) on 17 April 2024, a short report on the findings from the day has been published. The report covers the need for efficient data management and exchange within materials science, the barriers and benefits of adopting semantic technologies, and directions for the future.

Developing Ontologies in Materials Science

was written by Vikki Cantrill, Anne de Baas, Otello Roscioni, and Gerhard Goldbeck.

To view the report, click here.

A version of record of this work is available here.

 

To read more about the events and presentations from the day click here, or click here to see photos from this event.

 

Acknowledgement: This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 862136 (OntoTrans)