EP1303819A1 - System and method for generating an xml-based error model - Google Patents

System and method for generating an xml-based error model

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EP1303819A1
EP1303819A1 EP00951432A EP00951432A EP1303819A1 EP 1303819 A1 EP1303819 A1 EP 1303819A1 EP 00951432 A EP00951432 A EP 00951432A EP 00951432 A EP00951432 A EP 00951432A EP 1303819 A1 EP1303819 A1 EP 1303819A1
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Gerhard Vollmar
Zaijun Hu
Jari Kallela
Manuel Greulich
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  • the invention relates to a system and a method for generating an XML-based fault model for fault cause analysis.
  • Fault models are suitable for analyzing the causes of faults in the event of fault events in industrial production plants, in particular as part of a service system for determining the effectiveness (Overall Equipment Effectiveness OEE) of production plants, fault events and the causes of the fault events that contribute significantly to productivity losses.
  • OEE Overall Equipment Effectiveness
  • the error models are hierarchically structured cause / effect models, the structures of which are also referred to as error trees.
  • Each node of a tree can be interpreted as a fault hypothesis of the node of the next higher level connected to it.
  • a node contains all information for verifying the error hypothesis.
  • all causes can be determined by step-by-step verification of the hypotheses in the intermediate levels.
  • Such error models are usually created using a common word processing system, in particular using Microsoft Word, and stored as a Word document.
  • the possible uses for fault cause analysis are, however, restricted for fault models that exist in this form. It would therefore be desirable to map such Word documents into a web (worldwide web) environment.
  • a web browser can visualize information that is stored in a web server in HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format.
  • HTML HyperText Markup Language
  • texts, tables, pictures, videos up to programs, so-called applets can be integrated.
  • HTML pages can be linked together using so-called hyperlinks. This technology therefore has the potential to provide complex and extensive models for fault cause analysis up to navigation in the fault trees in a comprehensive and user-friendly manner in an IT environment.
  • HTML HyperText Markup Language
  • models for error cause analysis can thus be mapped in terms of content.
  • a verification checklist for error hypotheses can be defined as a data structure in XML.
  • HTML namely the lack of the ability to describe models for error cause analysis in terms of content
  • XML The description of the content of the XML implementation allows functionalities that could only be implemented in HTML with great effort.
  • the direct creation of a model for error cause analysis in XML is quite complex.
  • z At present and for the foreseeable future, few resources are available that master this technology at all.
  • the invention is based on the object of specifying a method and a system for carrying out the method, by means of which an error model can be created as a Word document by inputting the required data and which is then automatically mapped as an XML error model.
  • the invention accordingly relates to procedures and means with which models, initially created as a Word document, for converting the causes of errors into XML implementations are transferred.
  • the structure of the respective Word document is derived from a meta model for the cause of error analysis, referred to here as a template.
  • This meta model describes the procedure for the analysis, as well as the structures and contents of the information necessary for the analysis. Because this metamodel defines the structure of the Word document and at the same time the data structures of XML, a very simple and efficient mapping rule has been found for converting the Word document into an XML implementation.
  • a major advantage of the invention is that the contents of the models for the cause of failure analysis can be documented by experts from the respective areas of application. Such an expert only has to adhere to a predetermined structure of the document. The models are then automatically transferred to a web environment.
  • FIG. 1 shows the block diagram of a system according to the invention for generating an XML-based error model
  • FIG. 7 shows the instance of an error model in XML.
  • 1 shows the block diagram of a system 1 for generating XML-based models for analyzing the causes of errors.
  • the system is divided into means for a data input and visualization 10, a data processing device 20 and data memory 30.
  • a data input device 11 and a word processor 21, which has access to a template memory 31, are set up for this, at least one.
  • the data input device 11 and the word processor 21 for word processing are standard components.
  • the data processing device 20 contains a word error model translator 22 which has both a metamodel or template stored in the template memory 31 and one or more error models in the first error model memory 32.
  • the translator 22 is connected to a schema memory 33 for storing XML types, and to a second error model memory 34 for storing XML instances.
  • An XML engine 23, a standard component, is available for the preparation and syntactic checking of data from the memories 33 and 34, and for the display of XML-based error models by means of a web browser in a display device 12.
  • the error model is created using MS Word.
  • the structure of the Word document is specified by a template from the template memory 31.
  • the formats of the template are derived from the structure of an industry-specific error model.
  • the structure of such an error model is shown in FIG. 3, and the formats derived therefrom are shown in FIG. 4.
  • the error model created with the template is stored as a Word document in the first error model memory 32. 5 shows a section of such an error model created in Word.
  • a step 200 the word files are translated into XML files by means of the translator 22: a) The formats of the template are converted into XML types and stored in an XML schema in the schema memory 33. Fig. 6 shows one in this way generated type system for the part of the error model that represents an error event, as explained further below.
  • the XML schema thus defines an application-specific type system, b)
  • the translator 22 also translates the first error model memory first error model memory 32 stored error models into XML instances which are stored in the second error model memory 34. These instances are based on the type system defined in the XML schema. 7 shows an example of an error model thus translated into XML.
  • the procedure for generating an XML-based error model is in itself completed by the XML error model, which is ready for retrieval.
  • the XML engine 23 can be used to display the respective XML-based error model in the display device 12 by accessing the schema stored in the schema memory 33 and the second error model memory 34 using a web browser , Using the XML schema, the XML engine 23 checks the syntactical correctness of the XML implementation when the web pages are constructed.
  • the model has a hierarchical structure consisting of three levels. The top level represents the error event. Several error modes can be subordinate to an error event.
  • the logical dependency can be formulated as follows: One or more error modes can cause an error event.
  • the same logical dependency applies to fault mode and fault hypothesis: one or more fault hypotheses can be the cause of a fault for a fault mode.
  • the concepts of fault event, fault mode, fault hypothesis of the three levels have a similar description of content.
  • the error hypothesis differs by a more complex diagnostic concept.
  • the error hypothesis can refer to other error models for in-depth analysis.
  • FIG. 4 shows formats with the aid of which the error models in the Word document can be structured.
  • the formats result from the concepts of the error model shown in FIG. 3.
  • 5 shows an example of an error model that was developed on the basis of the template using the formats defined therein.
  • Fig. 4 takes a closer look at the formats.
  • mapping rule from the format description of the template.
  • the mapping rules result from the structure of the error model and the syntax of the XML language.
  • FIG. 7 shows an example of an instance of an error model in XML. This instance is automatically generated by the translator 22 from the Word document created.
  • the application-specific types are described in the schematic file, see FIG. 6 for this. All types begin with the prefix rca, followed by att for attribute or elt for element. This is followed by a brief description of the application-specific context, such as ehlerorf.
  • the content components are in single quotes in accordance with the XML syntax.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a method and system (1) for generating an XML-based error model for analyzing causes of errors, especially for analyzing causes of errors in the case of error events in industrial production installations. The system (1) contains a data entry device (11), which is connected to a word processor (21) of a data processing device (20), said word processor having access to a template memory (31) and being connected to a first error model memory (32), whereby the data entry device (11) for entering data is configured for generating an error model as a Word document and for storing this Word document in the first error model memory (32). The system (1) also contains a translator (22) contained in the data processing device (20), said translator having access to the first error model memory (32) and being connected to a schema memory (33) for storing XML types, which originate by converting a template stored in the template memory (31) into XML types. In addition, a second error model memory (34) is provided for storing XML instances, which originate by converting the Word document stored in the first error model memory (32). An XML engine (23) can be contained inside the data processing device (20), said XML engine having access to the schema memory (33) and to the second error model memory (34) and being configured for representing an XML-based error model, which is stored in the second error model memory (34), in a display device (12) by means of a web browser.

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System und Verfahren zur Generierunq eines XML-basierten Fehlermodells System and method for generating an XML-based error model
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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein System und ein Verfahren zur Generierung eines XML-basierten Fehlermodells zur Fehlerursachenanalyse.The invention relates to a system and a method for generating an XML-based fault model for fault cause analysis.
Fehlermodelle sind geeignet zur Analyse von Fehlerursachen im Fall von Fehlerereignissen in industriellen Produktionsanlagen, insbesondere im Rahmen eines Service-Systems zur Ermittlung der Effektivität (Overall Equipment Effectiveness OEE) von Produktionsanlagen, von Fehlerereignissen und der Ursachen der wesentlich zu Produktivitätsverlusten beitragenden Fehlerereignissen.Fault models are suitable for analyzing the causes of faults in the event of fault events in industrial production plants, in particular as part of a service system for determining the effectiveness (Overall Equipment Effectiveness OEE) of production plants, fault events and the causes of the fault events that contribute significantly to productivity losses.
Bei den Fehlermodellen handelt es sich um hierarchisch strukturierte Ursache/Wirkungsmodelle, deren Strukturen auch als Fehlerbäume bezeichnet werden. Jeder Knoten eines Baumes kann als Fehlerhypothese des mit ihm verbundenen Knotens der nächst höheren Ebene aufgefaßt werden. Ein Knoten beinhaltet sämtliche Informationen zur Verifikation der Fehlerhypothese. Somit können für ein bestimmtes Fehlereignis, das üblicherweise im obersten Knoten beschrieben ist, sämtliche Ursachen durch schrittweises verifizieren der Hypothesen in den Zwischenebenen ermittelt werden.The error models are hierarchically structured cause / effect models, the structures of which are also referred to as error trees. Each node of a tree can be interpreted as a fault hypothesis of the node of the next higher level connected to it. A node contains all information for verifying the error hypothesis. Thus, for a certain fault event, which is usually described in the top node, all causes can be determined by step-by-step verification of the hypotheses in the intermediate levels.
Derartige Fehlermodelle werden üblicherweise mittels eines gängigen Textverarbeitungssystems, insbesondere unter Verwendung von Microsoft Word erstellt und als Word-Dokument gespeichert. Die Nutzungsmöglichkeiten zur Fehlerursachenanalyse sind jedoch bei Fehlermodeilen, die in dieser Form vorliegen, eingeschränkt. Wünschenswert wäre daher eine Abbildung solcher Word-Dokumente in eine Web(world- wide web)-Umgebung.Such error models are usually created using a common word processing system, in particular using Microsoft Word, and stored as a Word document. The possible uses for fault cause analysis are, however, restricted for fault models that exist in this form. It would therefore be desirable to map such Word documents into a web (worldwide web) environment.
Ein Web-Browser kann Informationen visualisieren, die in einem Web-Server im HTML(HyperText Markup Language)-Format abgelegt sind. In einer HTML-Seite (Web-Seite), können Texte, Tabellen, Bilder, Videos bis hin zu Programmen, sog. Applets, eingebunden werden. Zudem können HTML-Seiten durch sog. Hyperlinks miteinander verknüpft werden. Somit besitzt diese Technologie das Potential komplexe und umfangreiche Modelle zur Fehlerursachenanalyse bis hin zur Navigation in den Fehlerbäumen umfassend und benutzerfreundlich in einer IT-Umgebung bereitzustellen.A web browser can visualize information that is stored in a web server in HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format. In an HTML page (Web page), texts, tables, pictures, videos up to programs, so-called applets, can be integrated. In addition, HTML pages can be linked together using so-called hyperlinks. This technology therefore has the potential to provide complex and extensive models for fault cause analysis up to navigation in the fault trees in a comprehensive and user-friendly manner in an IT environment.
Im Gegensatz zu HTML, das lediglich Datenformate zur Visualisierung durch WebBrowser bereitstellt, können mit XML(Extensible Markup Language) komplexe Datenstrukturen definiert werden. In XML können somit Modelle zur Fehlerursachenanalyse inhaltlich abgebildet werden. Beispielsweise kann in XML eine Verifikationscheckliste für Fehlerhypothesen als Datenstruktur definiert werden. Dies hat den Vorteil, daß eine XML-Implementierung weitaus komplexere Interaktionen zuläßt, beispielsweise ganz unterschiedliche Sichten auf das gleiche Modell. Diese Sichten können unter Benutzung von XSL(Extensible Style Language) in einem WebBrowser visualisiert werden. In HTML ist dies so nicht möglich. In HTML wird immer gerade die Information visualisiert, die konkret implementiert ist. Die Visualisierung in HTML ist sozusagen „fest verdrahtet".In contrast to HTML, which only provides data formats for visualization by a web browser, complex data structures can be defined with XML (Extensible Markup Language). In XML, models for error cause analysis can thus be mapped in terms of content. For example, a verification checklist for error hypotheses can be defined as a data structure in XML. This has the advantage that an XML implementation allows far more complex interactions, for example very different views of the same model. These views can be visualized in a web browser using XSL (Extensible Style Language). This is not possible in HTML. The information that is specifically implemented is always visualized in HTML. The visualization in HTML is "hardwired", so to speak.
Der Nachteil von HTML, nämlich die fehlende Möglichkeit, Modelle für die Fehlerursachenanalyse inhaltlich zu beschreiben, wird durch XML aufgehoben. Die inhaltliche Beschreibung der XML-Implementierung erlaubt Funktionalitäten, die in HTML nur mit sehr hohem Aufwand realisierbar wären. Allerdings ist die direkte Erstellung eines Modells zur Fehlerursachenanalyse in XML recht aufwendig. Zudem stehen z. Zt. und auch auf absehbare Zeit wenig Ressourcen zur Verfügung, die diese Technologie überhaupt beherrschen.The disadvantage of HTML, namely the lack of the ability to describe models for error cause analysis in terms of content, is eliminated by XML. The description of the content of the XML implementation allows functionalities that could only be implemented in HTML with great effort. However, the direct creation of a model for error cause analysis in XML is quite complex. In addition, z. At present and for the foreseeable future, few resources are available that master this technology at all.
Von diesen Überlegungen ausgehend liegt der Erfindung die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren, sowie ein System zur Durchführung des Verfahrens anzugeben, womit durch Eingabe der erforderlichen Daten ein Fehlermodell als Word-Dokument erstellbar ist, das dann automatisiert als XML-Fehlermodell abgebildet wird.Based on these considerations, the invention is based on the object of specifying a method and a system for carrying out the method, by means of which an error model can be created as a Word document by inputting the required data and which is then automatically mapped as an XML error model.
Diese Aufgabe wird durch ein System zur Generierung eines XML-basierten Fehlermodells zur Fehlerursachenanalyse gelöst, das die im Anspruch 1 angegebenen Merkmale aufweist. Außerdem wird die Aufgabe durch ein Verfahren zur Generie- rung eines XML-basierten Fehlermodells zur Fehlerursachenanalyse gelöst, das die im Anspruch 3 angegebenen Merkmale aufweist. Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen sind in weiteren Ansprüchen angegeben.This object is achieved by a system for generating an XML-based fault model for fault cause analysis, which has the features specified in claim 1. In addition, the task is carried out through a tion of an XML-based error model for error cause analysis solved, which has the features specified in claim 3. Advantageous refinements are specified in further claims.
Die Erfindung bezieht sich demnach auf Vorgehensweisen und Mittel, mit denen zunächst als Word-Dokument erstellte Modelle für die Fehlerursachenanalyse in XML- Implementierungen überführt werden. Die Struktur des jeweiligen Word-Dokuments leitet sich dabei aus einem hier als Template bezeichneten Metamodell für die Fehlerursachenanalyse ab. Dieses Metamodell beschreibt die Vorgehensweise bei der Analyse, sowie Strukturen und Inhalte der notwendigen zur Analyse notwendigen Informationen. Dadurch daß dieses Metamodell die Struktur des Word-Dokuments und gleichzeitig die Datenstrukturen von XML definiert, ist eine sehr einfache und effiziente Abbildungsvorschrift für die Überführung des Word-Dokuments in eine XML-Implementierung gefunden.The invention accordingly relates to procedures and means with which models, initially created as a Word document, for converting the causes of errors into XML implementations are transferred. The structure of the respective Word document is derived from a meta model for the cause of error analysis, referred to here as a template. This meta model describes the procedure for the analysis, as well as the structures and contents of the information necessary for the analysis. Because this metamodel defines the structure of the Word document and at the same time the data structures of XML, a very simple and efficient mapping rule has been found for converting the Word document into an XML implementation.
Ein wesentlicher Vorteil der Erfindung besteht darin, daß die Inhalte der Modelle für die Fehlerursachenanalyse von Fachleuten aus den jeweiligen Anwendungsbereichen, selbst dokumentiert werden können. Ein solcher Experte muß dabei lediglich eine vorgegebene Struktur des Dokumentes einhalten. Die Überführung der Modelle in eine Web-Umgebung erfolgt dann automatisch.A major advantage of the invention is that the contents of the models for the cause of failure analysis can be documented by experts from the respective areas of application. Such an expert only has to adhere to a predetermined structure of the document. The models are then automatically transferred to a web environment.
Eine weitere Beschreibung der Erfindung und deren Vorteile erfolgt nachstehend anhand von Ausführungsbeispiefen, die in Zeichnungsfiguren dargestellt sind.A further description of the invention and its advantages is given below using exemplary embodiments which are illustrated in the drawing figures.
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Fig. 1 das Blockschema eines erfindungsgemäßen Systems zur Generierung eines XML-basierten Fehlermodells,1 shows the block diagram of a system according to the invention for generating an XML-based error model,
Fig. 2 eine Darstellung der Arbeitsweise des Systems,2 is an illustration of the operation of the system,
Fig. 3 die Struktur eines Fehlermodells,3 shows the structure of an error model,
Fig. 4 Formate zur Erstellung eines Fehlermodells,4 formats for creating an error model,
Fig. 5 ein Fehlermodell,5 shows an error model,
Fig. 6 ein XML-basiertes Typensystem für Fehlerereignis, und6 shows an XML-based type system for error event, and
Fig. 7 die Instanz eines Fehlermodells in XML. Fig. 1 zeigt das Blockschema eines Systems 1 zur Generierung XML-basierter Modelle zur Fehlerursachenanalyse. Das System ist gegliedert in Mittel für eine Dateneingabe und Visualisierung 10, eine Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung 20 und Datenspeicher 30. Eine Dateneingabeeinrichtung 11 und ein Word-Prozessor 21, der Zugriff auf einen Template-Speicher 31 hat, sind dafür eingerichtet, wenigstens ein. Fehlermodell als Word-Dokument zu erstellen und in einem ersten Fehlermodell- Speicher 32 abzulegen. Die Dateneingabeeinrichtung 11 und der Word-Prozessor 21 zur Textverarbeitung sind Standardkomponenten. Die Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung 20 enthält einen Word-Fehlermodellübersetzer 22, der sowohl auf ein im Template-Speicher 31 gespeichertes Metamodell oder Template, als auch auf das eine Fehlermodell oder mehrere Fehlermodelle im ersten Fehlermodell-Speicher 32 hat. Der Übersetzer 22 ist mit einem Schema-Speicher 33 verbunden, zur Speicherung von XML-Typen, sowie mit einem zweiten Fehlermodell-Speicher 34 zur Speicherung von XML-Instanzen. Eine XML-Engine 23, eine Standardkomponente, ist vorhanden zur Aufbereitung und syntaktischen Überprüfung von Daten aus den Speichern 33 und 34, und zur Darstellung von XML-basierten Fehlermodellen mittels eines Web- Browsers in einer Anzeigeeinrichtung 12.7 shows the instance of an error model in XML. 1 shows the block diagram of a system 1 for generating XML-based models for analyzing the causes of errors. The system is divided into means for a data input and visualization 10, a data processing device 20 and data memory 30. A data input device 11 and a word processor 21, which has access to a template memory 31, are set up for this, at least one. To create an error model as a Word document and to store it in a first error model memory 32. The data input device 11 and the word processor 21 for word processing are standard components. The data processing device 20 contains a word error model translator 22 which has both a metamodel or template stored in the template memory 31 and one or more error models in the first error model memory 32. The translator 22 is connected to a schema memory 33 for storing XML types, and to a second error model memory 34 for storing XML instances. An XML engine 23, a standard component, is available for the preparation and syntactic checking of data from the memories 33 and 34, and for the display of XML-based error models by means of a web browser in a display device 12.
Fig. 2 zeigt das Verfahren zur Generierung XML-basierter Modelle zur Fehlerursachenanalyse.2 shows the method for generating XML-based models for analyzing the causes of errors.
In einem Schritt 100 wird das Fehlermodell mit MS Word erstellt. Die Struktur des Word-Dokumentes wird durch ein Template aus dem Template-Speicher 31 vorgegeben. Die Formate des Templates sind aus der Struktur eines industriespezifischen Fehlermodells abgeleitet. Die Struktur eines solchen Fehlermodells zeigt Fig. 3, und die daraus abgeleiteten Formate Fig. 4. Das mit dem Template erstellte Fehlermodell wird als Word-Dokument im ersten Fehlermodell-Speicher 32 abgelegt. Fig. 5 zeigt einen Ausschnitt aus einem solchen in Word erstellten Fehlermodell.In a step 100, the error model is created using MS Word. The structure of the Word document is specified by a template from the template memory 31. The formats of the template are derived from the structure of an industry-specific error model. The structure of such an error model is shown in FIG. 3, and the formats derived therefrom are shown in FIG. 4. The error model created with the template is stored as a Word document in the first error model memory 32. 5 shows a section of such an error model created in Word.
In einem Schritt 200 werden die Word-Dateien mittels des Übersetzers 22 in XML- Dateien übersetzt: a) Die Formate des Templates werden in XML-Typen überführt und in einem XML- Schema im Schema-Speicher 33 gespeichert. Fig. 6 zeigt ein auf diese Weise generiertes Typensystem für den Teil des Fehlermodells, der ein Fehlerereignis repräsentiert, wie unten noch weiter erläutert ist. Das XML-Schema definiert somit ein anwendungsspezifisches Typensystem, b) Der Übersetzer 22 übersetzt außerdem die ersten Fehlermodell-Speicher ersten Fehlermodell-Speicher 32 gespeicherten Fehlermodelle in XML-Instanzen, die im zweiten Fehlermodell-Speicher 34 gespeichert werden. Diese Instanzen bauen auf dem im XML-Schema definierten Typensystem auf. Fig. 7 zeigt ein Beispiel für ein so in XML übersetztes Fehlermodell.In a step 200, the word files are translated into XML files by means of the translator 22: a) The formats of the template are converted into XML types and stored in an XML schema in the schema memory 33. Fig. 6 shows one in this way generated type system for the part of the error model that represents an error event, as explained further below. The XML schema thus defines an application-specific type system, b) The translator 22 also translates the first error model memory first error model memory 32 stored error models into XML instances which are stored in the second error model memory 34. These instances are based on the type system defined in the XML schema. 7 shows an example of an error model thus translated into XML.
Das Verfahren zur Generierung eines XML-basierten Fehlermodells ist an sich durch die abrufbereite Speicherung des XML-Fehlermodells abgeschlossen. In einem zusätzlichen Schritt 300 kann jedoch mittels der XML-Engine 23 durch Zugriff auf das im Schema-Speicher 33 gespeicherte Schema sowie auf den zweiten Fehlermodell- Speicher 34, das jeweilige XML-basierte Fehlermodell mittels einem Web-Browser in der Anzeigeeinrichtung 12 dargestellt werden. Anhand des XML-Schemas überprüft die XML-Engine 23 beim Aufbau der Web-Seiten die syntaktische Korrektheit der XML-Implementierung.The procedure for generating an XML-based error model is in itself completed by the XML error model, which is ready for retrieval. In an additional step 300, however, the XML engine 23 can be used to display the respective XML-based error model in the display device 12 by accessing the schema stored in the schema memory 33 and the second error model memory 34 using a web browser , Using the XML schema, the XML engine 23 checks the syntactical correctness of the XML implementation when the web pages are constructed.
Fig. 3 zeigt die Struktur eines Fehlermodells am Beispiel eines industriespezifischen Fehlermodells. Das Modell hat einen hierarchischen Aufbau, bestehend aus drei Ebenen. Die oberste Ebene repräsentiert das Fehlerereignis. Einem Fehlerereignis können mehrere Fehlermodi unterlagert sein. Die logische Abhängigkeit kann folgendermaßen formuliert werden: Ein oder mehrere Fehlermodi können ein Fehlerereignis verursachen. Die gleiche logische Abhängigkeit gilt für Fehlermode und Fehlerhypothese: Eine oder mehrere Fehlerhypothesen können Fehlerursache für einen Fehlermode sein. Die Konzepte Fehlerereignis, Fehlermode, Fehlerhypothese der drei Ebenen haben eine ähnliche inhaltliche Beschreibung. Die Fehlerhypothese unterscheidet sich durch einen aufwendigeres Diagnosekonzept. Außerdem kann die Fehlerhypothese zur tiefergehenden Analyse auf andere Fehlermodelle verweisen.3 shows the structure of an error model using the example of an industry-specific error model. The model has a hierarchical structure consisting of three levels. The top level represents the error event. Several error modes can be subordinate to an error event. The logical dependency can be formulated as follows: One or more error modes can cause an error event. The same logical dependency applies to fault mode and fault hypothesis: one or more fault hypotheses can be the cause of a fault for a fault mode. The concepts of fault event, fault mode, fault hypothesis of the three levels have a similar description of content. The error hypothesis differs by a more complex diagnostic concept. In addition, the error hypothesis can refer to other error models for in-depth analysis.
Fig. 4 zeigt Formate mit deren Hilfe die Fehlermodelle im Word-Dokument strukturiert aufgebaut werden können. Die Formate ergeben sich aus den Konzepten des Fehlermodells, das in Fig. 3 gezeigt ist. Fig. 5 zeigt beispielhaft ein Fehlermodell, das auf Grundlage des Templates mit Hilfe der darin definierten Formate entwickelt wurde. Fig. 4 geht näher auf die Formate ein.4 shows formats with the aid of which the error models in the Word document can be structured. The formats result from the concepts of the error model shown in FIG. 3. 5 shows an example of an error model that was developed on the basis of the template using the formats defined therein. Fig. 4 takes a closer look at the formats.
Fig. 6 zeigt das XML-basierte Typensystem für das Fehlerereignis. Dieses Typensystem wird mit Hilfe einer Abbildungsvorschrift aus der Formatbeschreibung des Templates erstellt. Die Abbildungsregeln ergeben sich aus der Struktur des Fehlermodells und der Syntax der XML-Sprache.6 shows the XML-based type system for the error event. This type system is created with the help of a mapping rule from the format description of the template. The mapping rules result from the structure of the error model and the syntax of the XML language.
Fig. 7 zeigt beispielhaft die Instanz eines Fehlermodells in XML. Diese Instanz wird von dem Übersetzer 22 aus dem erstellten Word-Dokument automatisch erzeugt. Die anwendungsspezifischen Typen sind in der Schemadatei, siehe hierzu Fig. 6, beschrieben. Sämtliche Typen beginnen mit dem Prefix rca, gefolgt von att für Attribut oder elt für Element. Danach folgt eine kurze Beschreibung des anwendungsspezie- fischen Kontextes, wie beispielsweise ehlerorf. Die inhaltlichen Bestandteile stehen entsprechend der XML-Syntax in Hochkomma. 7 shows an example of an instance of an error model in XML. This instance is automatically generated by the translator 22 from the Word document created. The application-specific types are described in the schematic file, see FIG. 6 for this. All types begin with the prefix rca, followed by att for attribute or elt for element. This is followed by a brief description of the application-specific context, such as ehlerorf. The content components are in single quotes in accordance with the XML syntax.

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1. System (1 ) zur Generierung eines XML-basierten Fehlermodells zur Fehlerursachenanalyse, insbesondere zur Analyse von Fehlerursachen im Fall von Fehlerereignissen in industriellen Produktionsanlagen, wobei das System (1) enthält:1. System (1) for generating an XML-based error model for analyzing the causes of errors, in particular for analyzing the causes of errors in the event of errors in industrial production plants, the system (1) comprising:
a) eine Dateneingabeeinrichtung (11 ), die mit einem Word-Prozessor (21 ) einer Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung (20) verbunden ist, der Zugriff auf einen Template-Speicher (31) hat und der mit einem ersten Fehlermodell- Speicher (32) verbunden ist, wodurch die Dateneingabeeinrichtung (11) für die Eingabe von Daten zur Erstellung eines Fehlermodells als Word- Dokument und zur Speicherung dieses Word-Dokuments im ersten Fehlermodell-Speicher (32) eingerichtet ist, unda) a data input device (11) which is connected to a word processor (21) of a data processing device (20), which has access to a template memory (31) and which is connected to a first error model memory (32), whereby the data input device (11) is set up for the input of data for creating an error model as a Word document and for storing this Word document in the first error model memory (32), and
b) einen in der Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung (20) enthaltenen Übersetzer (22), derb) a translator (22) contained in the data processing device (20) who
- Zugriff auf den ersten Fehlermodell-Speicher (32) hat,Has access to the first fault model memory (32),
- mit einem Schema-Speicher (33) zur Speicherung von XML-Typen verbunden ist, die durch Überführung eines im Template-Speicher (31) gespeicherten Templates in XML-Typen entstehen, und- is connected to a schema memory (33) for storing XML types, which are created by converting a template stored in the template memory (31) into XML types, and
- mit einem zweiten Fehlermodell-Speicher (34) zur Speicherung von XML- Instanzen verbunden ist, die durch Übersetzung des im ersten Fehlermodell-Speicher (32) gespeicherten Word-Dokuments entstehen.- Is connected to a second error model memory (34) for storing XML instances, which result from translation of the Word document stored in the first error model memory (32).
2. System nach Anspruch 1 , dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß in der Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung (20) eine XML-Engine (23) enthalten ist, die Zugriff auf den Schema-Speicher (33) und den zweiten Fehlermodell-Speicher (34) hat, und die dafür eingerichtet ist, ein im zweiten Fehlermodell-Speicher (34) gespeichertes XML- basiertes Fehlermodell mittels eines Web-Browsers in einer Anzeigeeinrichtung (12) darzustellen. 2. System according to claim 1, characterized in that in the data processing device (20) an XML engine (23) is included, which has access to the schema memory (33) and the second error model memory (34), and is set up to display an XML-based error model stored in the second error model memory (34) by means of a web browser in a display device (12).
3. Verfahren zur Generierung eines XML-basierten Fehlermodells zur Fehlerursachenanalyse, insbesondere zur Analyse von Fehlerursachen im Fall von Fehlerereignissen in industriellen Produktionsanlagen, wobei3. Method for generating an XML-based error model for error cause analysis, in particular for analyzing error causes in the event of error events in industrial production plants, whereby
a) ein System (1) verwendet wird, das eine Dateneingabeeinrichtung (1 1), eine Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung (20) enthält,a) a system (1) is used which contains a data input device (1 1), a data processing device (20),
b) mittels der Dateneingabeeinrichtung (11) einem Word-Prozessor (21) der Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung (20) Daten zur Erstellung eines Fehlermodells als Word-Dokument zugeführt werden, wobei die Struktur eines so erstellten Word-Dokumentes durch ein gespeichertes Fehlermodell-Template vorgegeben wird, und das erstellte Fehlermodell-Word-Dokument gespeichert wird,b) by means of the data input device (11), a word processor (21) of the data processing device (20) is supplied with data for creating an error model as a word document, the structure of a word document created in this way being predetermined by a stored error model template, and the created error model word document is saved,
c) mittels eines in der Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung (20) enthaltenen Übersetzers (22) unter Zugriff auf das Fehlermodell-Template und das Fehlermodell- Word-Dokumentc) by means of a translator (22) contained in the data processing device (20) with access to the error model template and the error model word document
Formate des Fehlermodell-Templates in XML-Typen überführt und in einem XML-Fehlermodell-Schema gespeichert werden, und außerdem das Fehlermodell-Word-Dokument in XML-Instanzen, die auf den . XML-Typen des XML-Fehlermodell-Schemas aufbauen, übersetzt und als XML-Fehiermodell gespeichert wird.Formats of the fault model template are converted into XML types and stored in an XML fault model schema, and also the fault model Word document in XML instances that refer to the. Build XML types of the XML error model schema, translate it and save it as an XML error model.
4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mittels e>iner XML-Engine (23) der Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung (20) und einem Web-Browser das XML-Fehlermodell in einer Anzeigeeinrichtung (12) dargestellt wird. 4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the XML error model is displayed in a display device (12) by means of an XML engine (23) of the data processing device (20) and a web browser.
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