The ACI ACRIS Semantic Model

A knowledge based framework for Airport Service Oriented

Architecture (SOA)
Segun Alayande. BAA Airports Limited
Agenda
• What is the ACI ACRIS semantic model
• Why do we need the ACI ACRIS semantic model
• The structure of the ACI ACRIS semantic model
• Model development and change process
• Current development efforts:
– Passenger Metadata Harmonization
• Demonstration and discussions
What is the ACI ACRIS Semantic Model

• It represents the Airport community common knowledge

• It comprises of ideas (business concepts) and connections
between the ideas
• It is a collection of “mind map” of people that work in the Airport
• Common knowledge enables meaningful communications through
shared meaning
• Common knowledge is the basis of information and data
standards
• Information services require information standards based on
common knowledge
Absence of common knowledge
Articulated common knowledge
Airport Community Knowledge
Semantic model key concepts

Vocabulary

Business
Idea
Concept
Airport
Common
1..* Vocabulary
Unit of
Knowledge
represents

Airport
Common Standard
Symbol Term 1..*
Knowledge Narrower
Term Term
Knowledge

Descriptive Broader relates to

Attribute Term
0..*
Why do we need the ACI ACRIS Semantic Model

• The Airport community wants to collaborate to deliver better

business services
• The Airport community wants to de-risk migration of enterprise
applications
• The Airport community wants to share quality information for
optimal business decisions
• The Airport community need to identify / plan a portfolio of
information services in a consistent way
• The Airport community requires a firm basis for evolving its
information services portfolio
• There is proliferation of information standards within and outside
the Airport community based on diverse vocabularies that are not
based on an integrated view of the airport business.
Drivers for the ACRIS semantic model
The structure of the ACI ACRIS semantic model
Context Layers

Archetype Layer

Subject Layer

Community Layer

Enterprise Layer
Airport community information blueprint
A irport Community Information Blueprint

Entities

Offerings Parties Resources Places

Facility A ssistance Party Item Location

Party Role Transport A ddress

Permission Service

Identities
Revenue Good
Identification

Moments

Cases Events Interactions

Compliance Social Incident Channel A ction

Episode Medium Communication

Environment Movement

Motivations

A greements Controls Plans

A rrangement Governance Risk Budget Business Direction

Obligation Law Specification Work Effort Measure

Knowledge patterns

Party
Party Role

Airport Passenger
Person Group Organisation Airline
Operator
Semantic model
Waste
Facility Law

Location
A rrangement

Utility

Incident

Transport

Movement
Equipment

A ccount

Item
Party

Governance
Travel scenario for blueprint validation

Offerings
Controls

Plans

Retail Identities
Baggage Products
Security and
Policies and In-flight Passenger
Service Rules Services Identity, Bag
and Flight Identity
Plans Events

Contracts and
Service Level
Joe is traveling to Paris Aircraft
Agreements
Agreements on business from Movement
Passengers, Heathrow Airport
Airlines,
Ground Check-In &
Handlers Boarding

Terminal
Parties Lounges & Heathrow &
Vehicles Customer Paris Charles Interactions
(includes Complaints, De Gaul
Aircraft) Service Issues Airports

Resources
Places

Cases
Development and maintenance process
Current Applications
Example: Passenger Metadata Harmonization

• In the airport, multiple stakeholders hold different views of the

passenger
• Stakeholders include the Airlines, Airport, Borders Agencies,
Customs Agencies and Law Enforcement Agencies.
• Each stakeholder is supported by different standards organisation
with information standards based on different semantic models
• To serve the Passenger better, we need to harmonise these
different views using the ACI ACRIS semantic model.
Benefits realised
Current and future efforts

• Publications
– User Guides
– Case Study Publications
• Subjects
– Based on ACRIS priorities
• Passenger
• Programmes and projects

• Establish on-line collaborative development platform

• Others (from Audience)
Demonstration and Discussion

• Walkthrough of the ACI ACRIS semantic model

• Discussions