Collaborative decision support and documentation in chemical safety with KnowSEC

Abstract

To protect the health of human and environment, the European Union implemented the REACH regulation for chemical substances. REACH is an acronym for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals. Under REACH, the authorities have the task of assessing chemical substances, especially those that might pose a risk to human health or environment. The work under REACH is scientifically, technically and procedurally a complex and knowledge-intensive task that is jointly performed by the European Chemicals Agency and member state authorities in Europe. The assessment of substances under REACH conducted in the German Environment Agency is supported by the knowledge-based system KnowSEC, which is used for the screening, documentation, and decision support when working on chemical substances. The software KnowSEC integrates advanced semantic technologies and strong problem solving methods. It allows for the collaborative work on substances in the context of the European REACH regulation. We discuss the applied methods and process models and we report on experiences with the implementation and use of the system.

Towards the assessment of business process knowledge intensity – a systematic literature review

“…Knowledge intensity can also be defined as an expansion of the utilization of knowledge potential (Očenášková et al , 2012) and it can be provided not only at the organizational level, but also in the case of all sectors, including national economics (Chen and Dahlman, 2005; Očenášková et al , 2012). Knowledge intensity can be considered as a distinctive characteristic of: The economy or country – Narula (2015), Low et al (2015), Long et al (2017), Grigorescu et al (2020); Particular industry – Villar et al (2012), Nandan and Ciccotosto (2014), Collet et al (2015), Dong et al (2019); Services – Rosenbaum (2013), Edgar et al (2014), Ryzhkova (2015), Heikka and Natti (2018). Organization or company – Makani and Marche (2010), Seto et al (2011), Kapyla et al (2011), Carmel et al (2013), Bolisani and Scarso (2015), van Greunen et al (2019), Mazorodze and Buckley (2019); Processes – Vaculin et al (2011), Isik et al (2012), Di Ciccio et al (2015), Little and Deokar (2016), Santoro and Baiao (2018); Tasks or activities – Sarnikar and Deokar (2017), Vaculin et al (2011), Shen et al (2012), Lin et al (2015), Musto et al (2015), Baumeister et al (2016); or even an individual worker – Massaro (2012), Sheikh and Lim (2015), Kianto et al (2019).…”

“…Tasks or activities – Sarnikar and Deokar (2017), Vaculin et al (2011), Shen et al (2012), Lin et al (2015), Musto et al (2015), Baumeister et al (2016);…”