An Ontology-Based Competence Model for Collaborative Design

AbstrAct Collaborative design in dispersed groups of engineers creates various kinds of challenges to technology, organization and social environment. This paper presents an approach to description and representation of the competences needed for a planned collaborative design project. The most important competence areas BLOCKINare BLOCKINidentified BLOCKINstarting BLOCKINfrom BLOCKINthe BLOCKINnature BLOCKINof BLOCKINdesign BLOCKINwork, BLOCKINproblem BLOCKINsolving BLOCKINin BLOCKINdesign BLOCKINteams, BLOCKINand BLOCKINworking in distributed groups. The competence model is built structuring these areas according to three perspectives: general, cultural, and occupational competences. An ontological representation is proposed to implement the described model for collaborative design competence. Using an ontology language for representation of collaborative design competence models makes it possible to identify those individuals who are best suited for the collaboration by ontology matching. Furthermore, a software design team consisting BLOCKINof BLOCKINtwo BLOCKINpersons BLOCKINwas BLOCKINinterviewed BLOCKINand BLOCKINcompetence BLOCKINprofiles BLOCKINwere BLOCKINcreated BLOCKINusing BLOCKINthe BLOCKINdeveloped ontological BLOCKINrepresentation. BLOCKINModeling BLOCKINof BLOCKINthe BLOCKINteam BLOCKINmembers BLOCKINhas BLOCKINconfirmed BLOCKINthat BLOCKINthe BLOCKINproposed BLOCKINapproach can BLOCKINbe BLOCKINapplied BLOCKINto BLOCKINmodeling BLOCKINcompetences BLOCKINneeded BLOCKINfor BLOCKINcollaborative BLOCKINdesign BLOCKINin BLOCKINengineering BLOCKINfields.