  Being able to quickly integrate new equipment and functions into an existing
plant is a major goal for both discrete and process manufacturing. But
currently, these two industry domains use different approaches to achieve this
goal. While the Module Type Package (MTP) is getting more and more adapted in
practical applications of process manufacturing, so-called skill-based
manufacturing approaches are favored in the context of discrete manufacturing.
The two approaches are incompatible because their models feature different
contents and they use different technologies. This contribution provides a
comparison of the MTP with a skill-based approach as well as an automated
mapping that can be used to transfer the contents of an MTP into a skill
ontology. Through this mapping, an MTP can be semantically lifted in order to
apply functions like querying or reasoning. Furthermore, machines that were
previously described using two incompatible models can now be used in one
production process.

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