Abstract:
The sharing of product and process information plays a central role
in coordinating supply chains operations and is a key driver for
their success. ``Linked pedigrees'' - linked datasets, that
encapsulate event based traceability information of artifacts as
they move along the supply chain, provide a scalable mechanism to
record and facilitate the sharing of track and trace knowledge among
supply chain partners. In this paper we present ``OntoPedigree'' a
content ontology design pattern for the representation of linked
pedigrees, that can be specialised and extended to define domain
specific traceability ontologies. Events captured within the
pedigrees are specified using EPCIS - a GS1 standard for the
specification of traceability information within and across
enterprises, while certification information is described using PROV
- a vocabulary for modelling provenance of resources. We exemplify
the utility of OntoPedigree in linked pedigrees generated for supply
chains within the perishable goods and pharmaceuticals sectors.