PO2/TransformON, an ontology for data integration on food, feed, bioproducts and biowaste engineering

Abstract We are witnessing an acceleration of the global drive to converge consumption and production patterns towards a more circular and sustainable approach to the food system. To address the challenge of reconnecting agriculture, environment, food and health, collections of large datasets must b...

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Main Authors: Magalie Weber, Patrice Buche, Liliana Ibanescu, Stéphane Dervaux, Hervé Guillemin, Julien Cufi, Michel Visalli, Elisabeth Guichard, Caroline Pénicaud
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:npj Science of Food
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-023-00221-2
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author Magalie Weber
Patrice Buche
Liliana Ibanescu
Stéphane Dervaux
Hervé Guillemin
Julien Cufi
Michel Visalli
Elisabeth Guichard
Caroline Pénicaud
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Patrice Buche
Liliana Ibanescu
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Hervé Guillemin
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Michel Visalli
Elisabeth Guichard
Caroline Pénicaud
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description Abstract We are witnessing an acceleration of the global drive to converge consumption and production patterns towards a more circular and sustainable approach to the food system. To address the challenge of reconnecting agriculture, environment, food and health, collections of large datasets must be exploited. However, building high-capacity data-sharing networks means unlocking the information silos that are caused by a multiplicity of local data dictionaries. To solve the data harmonization problem, we proposed an ontology on food, feed, bioproducts, and biowastes engineering for data integration in a circular bioeconomy and nexus-oriented approach. This ontology is based on a core model representing a generic process, the Process and Observation Ontology (PO2), which has been specialized to provide the vocabulary necessary to describe any biomass transformation process and to characterize the food, bioproducts, and wastes derived from these processes. Much of this vocabulary comes from transforming authoritative references such as the European food classification system (FoodEx2), the European Waste Catalogue, and other international nomenclatures into a semantic, world wide web consortium (W3C) format that provides system interoperability and software-driven intelligence. We showed the relevance of this new domain ontology PO2/TransformON through several concrete use cases in the fields of process engineering, bio-based composite making, food ecodesign, and relations with consumer’s perception and preferences. Further works will aim to align with other ontologies to create an ontology network for bridging the gap between upstream and downstream processes in the food system.
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spelling doaj.art-9ac0e04fc67f4a88b410e09b17f3465e2023-11-20T11:02:54ZengNature Portfolionpj Science of Food2396-83702023-09-017111410.1038/s41538-023-00221-2PO2/TransformON, an ontology for data integration on food, feed, bioproducts and biowaste engineeringMagalie Weber0Patrice Buche1Liliana Ibanescu2Stéphane Dervaux3Hervé Guillemin4Julien Cufi5Michel Visalli6Elisabeth Guichard7Caroline Pénicaud8INRAE, UR BIAINRAE, Univ. Montpellier, Institut Agro, UMR IATEUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR MIA Paris-SaclayUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR MIA Paris-SaclayINRAE, URTALINRAE, Univ. Montpellier, Institut Agro, UMR IATECSGA, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Bourgogne-Franche ComtéCSGA, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Bourgogne-Franche ComtéUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR SayFoodAbstract We are witnessing an acceleration of the global drive to converge consumption and production patterns towards a more circular and sustainable approach to the food system. To address the challenge of reconnecting agriculture, environment, food and health, collections of large datasets must be exploited. However, building high-capacity data-sharing networks means unlocking the information silos that are caused by a multiplicity of local data dictionaries. To solve the data harmonization problem, we proposed an ontology on food, feed, bioproducts, and biowastes engineering for data integration in a circular bioeconomy and nexus-oriented approach. This ontology is based on a core model representing a generic process, the Process and Observation Ontology (PO2), which has been specialized to provide the vocabulary necessary to describe any biomass transformation process and to characterize the food, bioproducts, and wastes derived from these processes. Much of this vocabulary comes from transforming authoritative references such as the European food classification system (FoodEx2), the European Waste Catalogue, and other international nomenclatures into a semantic, world wide web consortium (W3C) format that provides system interoperability and software-driven intelligence. We showed the relevance of this new domain ontology PO2/TransformON through several concrete use cases in the fields of process engineering, bio-based composite making, food ecodesign, and relations with consumer’s perception and preferences. Further works will aim to align with other ontologies to create an ontology network for bridging the gap between upstream and downstream processes in the food system.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-023-00221-2
spellingShingle Magalie Weber
Patrice Buche
Liliana Ibanescu
Stéphane Dervaux
Hervé Guillemin
Julien Cufi
Michel Visalli
Elisabeth Guichard
Caroline Pénicaud
PO2/TransformON, an ontology for data integration on food, feed, bioproducts and biowaste engineering
npj Science of Food
title PO2/TransformON, an ontology for data integration on food, feed, bioproducts and biowaste engineering
title_full PO2/TransformON, an ontology for data integration on food, feed, bioproducts and biowaste engineering
title_fullStr PO2/TransformON, an ontology for data integration on food, feed, bioproducts and biowaste engineering
title_full_unstemmed PO2/TransformON, an ontology for data integration on food, feed, bioproducts and biowaste engineering
title_short PO2/TransformON, an ontology for data integration on food, feed, bioproducts and biowaste engineering
title_sort po2 transformon an ontology for data integration on food feed bioproducts and biowaste engineering
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-023-00221-2
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