Publications

Here you will find references to papers, articles, and presentations that I have written that are in the public domain. For many of them electronic versions of the documents are available here or elsewhere on the web.

1. West, Matthew 4 Dimensional Data Modelling: An Ontological Approach presented at the DAMA Conference London, 2008
2. West, Matthew ISO 8000 Quality Standards for Data and Information presented at the DAMA Conference London, 2008
3. West, Matthew Ontology Meets Business pp 229-260 Complex Systems in Knowledge-based Environments: Theory, Models and Applications, Eds Tolk, A and Lain, L.C.
4. West Matthew ISO 15926: Original purpose and possible future Presentation to Sogndal Workshop on ISO 15926 September 2008
5. West, Matthew Roles: A Four-Dimensional Analysis pp45-55 Formal Ontology Meets Industry, Eds. Borgo and Lesmo, IOS Press 2008
6. West, Matthew Petroleum Industry Benchmark Presented at the Integrated EA Conference, London, 2008.
7. West, Matthew Levels of reality in ISO 15926 and Shell's Downstream Data Model Presented at Levels of Reality conference, Bolzano 2007.
8. West, Matthew Developing Shell’s Downstream Data Model based on ISO 15926, Norwegian Semantic Days, 2007
9. West, Matthew ISO 8000-001 WD Information Quality - Part 001 Overview ISO TC184/SC4/WG13/N027, 2007-03-27
10. West, Matthew An Introduction to 4 Dimensionalism in Data Modelling Presented to the School of Computing, Leeds University 2007-02-09
11. West, Matthew Partridge, Chris; Lycett, Mark Enterprise Data Modelling: Developing an Ontology-Based Framework for the Shell Downstream Business FOMI 2006
12. West, Matthew; Developing Shell's Downstream Data Model: Approach and Experiences DAMA UK Conference, 2006
13. West, Matthew; A response to “Against Idiosyncrasy in Ontology Development” by Barry Smith 2006
14. West, Matthew An Introduction to ISO 15926 with Podcast (40Mbyte) ONTOLOG 2006
15. Rafael Batres, Matthew West, David Leal, David Price, Yuji Naka; An Upper Ontology based on ISO 15926 ESCAPE 15, 2005
16. Stell, John G. West, Matthew A 4-Dimensionalist Mereotopology pp 261-272 Formal Ontology in Information Systems, Varzi, A.C. Vieu, L. (eds) IOS Press, 2004
17. West, Matthew Creating and using reference data with ISO15926 PDT Europe, 2004
18. West, Matthew Some Industrial Experiences in the Development and Use of Ontologies EKAW04 Workshop on Core Ontologies, 2004
19. West, Matthew; Angus, Chris; Ottmann, Bruce A Framework for Assessing the Intelligence of Computer Systems PDT Europe 2003
20. West, Matthew Common Reference Data - the foundation of e-Business, PDT Europe 2003
21. West, Matthew An Informal Introduction to Non-well-founded Sets, 2003.
22. West, Matthew Replaceable Parts: A Four Dimensional Analysis prepared for the COSIT'03 - Workshop on fundamental issues in spatial and geographic ontologies, 2003.
23. West, Matthew Sullivan, Jan; Teijgeler, Hans ISO/FDIS 15926-2 - Lifecycle integration of process plant data including oil and gas production facilities: Data model: EXPRESS and EXPRESS-G listing ISO TC184/SC4/WG3N1328, (2003)
24. West, Matthew A spatio-temporal model of activity and state prepared for ACTOR 2002
25. West, Matthew Information Modelling: An analysis of the uses and meanings of associations PDT Europe 2002, PDF
26. West, Matthew Fowler, Julian The "IIDEAS" architecture and integration methodology for integrating enterprises PDT Europe 2001 (2001), slides
27. West, Matthew; Fowler, Julian The "IIDEAS" architecture and integration methodology for integrating enterprises PDT Days 2001 (2001), PDF
28. West, Matthew ISO/WD 18876-1 Integration of industrial data for exchange, access, and sharing - Part 1: Architecture overview and description (Version 0.4) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N327 (2001)
29. West, Matthew ISO/WD 18876-1 Integration of industrial data for exchange, access, and sharing - Part 1: Architecture overview and description (Version 0.2) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N320 (2000)
30. West, Matthew ISO/WD 18876-1 Integration of industrial data for exchange, access, and sharing - Part 1: Architecture overview and description (Version 0.1) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N314 (2000)
31. West, Matthew Some Notes on the Nature of Things (Version 0.3)
    ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N307 (2000)
32. West, Matthew Integration of industrial data for exchange, access, and sharing - Information and update session (slides) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N299 (2000)
33. West, Matthew Integration of industrial data for exchange, access, and sharing - Information and update session (slides) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N197 (2000)
34. West, Matthew; Angus, Chris; EXIST: a language to support data model integration pp 293-300 PDT Europe 2K
35. West, Matthew Metaphysical Notes (Version 0.2) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N294 (2000)
36. West, Matthew An Overview of the Modularization, SC4 Framework, and SC4 Data Architecture Projects ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N291 (2000)
37. West, Matthew; Fowler, Julian; Integration of Industrial Data for Exchange, Access and Sharing (IIDEAS) - presentation to the Change Management Committee ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N286 (2000)
38. West, Matthew Metaphysical Notes ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N282 (1999)
39. Venter, K. & West, M.R. Asset Information Management Strategies for the Railways pp30-36 ASPECT/IRSE '99
40. West, Matthew EXpression of Information based on Set Theory - Requirements ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N278 (1999)
41. West, Matthew Data Integration Architecture Requirements for EXPRESS ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N262 (1999)
42. West, Matthew The SC4 Data Integration Model in EXIST , ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N259 (1999)
43. West, Matthew A foundation integration model for industrial data pp117-128 PDT Europe 1999
44. West, Matthew SC4 Data Integration Model: An Initial Draft in EXPRESS, ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N220 (1999)
45. West, Matthew Foundation for an Integration Model - An initial Draft
    ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N197 (1998)
46. West, Matthew The Role of Enterprise Models in Integration Paper presented to BCS Patterns group (1998)
47. West, Matthew SC4 Architecture for Data Integration (Version 1) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N184 (1998)
48. West, Matthew STEP into the real world pp 25-30 European PDT Days 1998
49. West , Matthew An ontological framework - slides (Version 2) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N154 (1998)
50. West, Matthew Data Integration Architectures: Some basic principles and possible configurations (slides) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N153 (1998)
51. West, Matthew SC4 Architecture for Data Integration (Version 1) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N148 (1998)
52. West , Matthew An ontological framework - slides (Version 1) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N135 (1997)
53. West, Matthew Ontological Foundations of an Architecture for Industrial Data ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N134 (1997)
54. West, Matthew Integration and sharing of industrial data pp 145-154 European PDT Days 1997
55. Wenzel, Bernd; West, Matthew Integration of Industrial Data (slides)
    ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N116 (1997)
56. West, Matthew Integration of Industrial Data for Exchange, Access and Sharing (IIDEAS) - Version 2 ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N085 (1996)
57. West, Matthew Integration of Industrial Data for Exchange, Access and Sharing (IIDEAS) ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N071 (1996)
58. West, Matthew; Fowler, Julian The Nature of Industrial Data ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N064 (1996)
59. West, Matthew; Fowler, Julian The nature of industrial data: some architectural aspects and issues for SC4 ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N42 (1996)
60. West, Matthew; Fowler, Julian Developing High Quality Data Models (Version 2.0) EPISTLE (1996)
61. West, Matthew STEP: Productivity for Industry Paper presented to Standards Australia (1996)
62. West, Matthew; Managing Data Quality Shell International (1993)
    (A publicly available version of an internal Shell report, by kind permission of Shell)
63. Djiulka, Peter; West, Matthew An investigation into the impact of frameworks and core data models on Application Protocol Development, ISO TC184/SC4/WG10/N032 (1995)
64. West M.R., Computer supervision of process plant - a user report, Symposium Series No 92 pp 263-270
65. West M.R., The mathematical modelling of anionic polymerisation in a continuous stirred tank reactor, PhD Thesis, Leeds University (1981)
66. Moore J.G., West M.R., Brooks J.R., ACS Symposium Series 104 Washington DC (1979)
67. Dew P.M., West M.R., Estimating and controlling the global error in Gear's method, BIT 19, pp135-137, (1979)
68. Dew P.M., West M.R., A Package for integrating stiff sustems of ordinary differential equations based on Gear's method Report 111, Dept. Computer Studies Leeds University (1978)
69. Dew P.M., West M.R., Control of global error in the solution of stiff systems of Ordinary Differential Equations Report 107, Dept. Computer Studies Leeds University (1978)