Tools and Services Walkthrough Session - Ontology

via Teams

Workshop Program

Date: 18.02.2026
Time: 09.00am – 3.00pm

General Information:

This session focuses on semantic interoperability in materials science and engineering, with an emphasis on the PMD Core Ontology (PMDco) and its practical use within the community.

Block 1 - 9:00 - 12:00pm - Semantic Interoperability & PMDco Basics

09:00 am – 10:00am - Brief Introduction to Ontologies
- Interoperability and its challenges
- Ontologies: formal knowledge representation
- Ontology design principles and best practices
- Overview of reference ontologies (BFO/RO/IAO/OBI)

10:00am – 11:00am - Introduction to PMD & PMDco
- What is PMD?
- Scope and structure of PMDco
- Tools overview:
- Exploring PMDco in Protégé
- GitHub
- ODK
- Understanding PMDco classes and modules
- Application/Domain ontologies based on PMDco
- Development cycle

11:00am – 12:00pm - Q&A and Discussion
- Open questions
- Clarification of concepts
- Preparation for hands-on session (afternoon)

Block 2 - 1.00pm - 3.00pm - Hands-on PMDco Workshop

1:00pm – 2.30pm - Hands-on Session
- Modeling a simple process using PMDco
- Guided step-by-step examples
- Hands-on tutorial

2.30pm – 3.00pm - Wrap-up & Feedback
- Q&A
- Collecting project-specific questions
- Feedback and discussion on onboarding and tooling

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of Semantic Web concepts is helpful
  
• No prior hands-on experience with PMDco is required
  

Recommended Materials (not mandatory):

• OpenHPI Lecture von Prof. Harald Sack: Knowledge Graphs - Foundations and Applications:
  • Videos
  • Slides
• Protégé:
  • Download und Installation
  • Tutorial: “The New Pizza Tutorial”