Knowledge-based engineering of automation systems using AutomationML and OWL

Within the engineering of an automation system the information about the plant and this system is growing steadily. Different trades, departments and experts contribute to the creation and adaption, adding their results to the existing information. In this contribution, the possibility to support this enrichment of information in the engineering of an automation system by means of knowledge based methods is demonstrated. For this purpose, the structure of AutomationML as well as additional knowledge from semantic webs, given in OWL, is applied and combined. The concept will be explained at the example of a security analysis for automation systems.