A Common Design-Features Ontology for Product Data Semantics Interoperability

Abdul-Ghafour, Samer; Ghodous, Parisa; Shariat, Behzad; Perna, Eliane

doi:10.1109/wi.2007.73

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“…The authors indicate how semantic web technologies allow the combination of information from several different knowledge domains, enabling a seamless coupling of 3D information with non-geometric information, such as design intent and domain-specific product features. Similar suggested approaches relying on semantic modelling of product information, not necessarily targeting improvements regarding the interoperability issue, can be found in Kraft and Nagl [27], Abdul-Ghafour et al [28], Böhms et al [29,30], Yang and Zhang [31]. Pauwels et al [32] similarly presents how semantic web technologies enable the integration of architectural design information with general AEC and 3D information available through the IFC schema, whereas Pauwels et al [33] considers the usage of rules and reasoning engines for the proper exchange of 3D information itself.…”

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Supporting Decision-Making in the Building Life-Cycle Using Linked Building Data

Pauwels

2014

Buildings

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Abstract:The interoperability challenge is a long-standing challenge in the domain of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). Diverse approaches have already been presented for addressing this challenge. This article will look into the possibility of addressing the interoperability challenge in the building life-cycle with a linked data approach. An outline is given of how linked data technologies tend to be deployed, thereby working towards a "more holistic" perspective on the building, or towards a large-scale web of "linked building data". From this overview, and the associated use case scenarios, we conclude that the interoperability challenge cannot be "solved" using linked data technologies, but that it can be addressed. In other words, information exchange and management can be improved, but a pragmatic usage of technologies is still required in practice. Finally, we give an initial outline of some anticipated use cases in the building life-cycle in which the usage of linked data technologies may generate advantages over existing technologies and methods.

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Section: The Linked Data Approachmentioning

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Supporting Decision-Making in the Building Life-Cycle Using Linked Building Data

Pauwels

2014

Buildings

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“…Semantically validated IFC models can facilitate the exchange of information to members of the project team. 27 They point out that the definition of mapping rules is one of the real challenges to address in the future. 24 In this regard, it represents a big challenge to integrate all the existing modeling rules adopted by BIM vendors 21 and to reduce the ambiguity and unclearness of natural language in BIM documents.…”

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E‐maintenance platform design for public infrastructure maintenance based on IFC ontology and Semantic Web services

Liu

2019

Concurrency and Computation

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As an important kind of infrastructure, a tunnel's life is estimated to be 100 years or more. During its service life, an effective maintenance strategy plays an essential role in keeping its availability and safety. Maintenance work involves a set of participants, activities, and resources, and in this case, tunnel-related data are distributed to heterogeneous information management systems in varying formats, bringing difficulties to implement effective maintenance. This paper proposes an E-maintenance Framework for Public Infrastructure (EFPI), combining Building Information Modeling (BIM), Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), and Semantic Web technologies to help integrate heterogeneous data and expert knowledge, enable information sharing through the whole life cycle, and support maintenance managers to make effective maintenance decisions.A cost estimation case is provided in this paper to illustrate the implementation mechanism and validate the proposed approach.

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“…Their use of an ontology, however, is at the meta level and the interoperability is attempted to maintain between different CAD applications rather than different domains. In another similar work Abdul-Ghafour and colleagues [19] propose an ontology-based approach to explicitly specify, capture, interpret and reuse the product semantics. This is done for facilitating heterogeneous information sharing across CAD systems.…”

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“…Where CD is a set of class definitions, RD is a set of relation definitions, FD is a set of function definitions, ID is a set of instance definitions, and AD is a set of axiom definitions [19] .…”

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Manufacturability verification through feature-based ontological product models

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Harding

Young

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Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B:

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2 Abstract: To achieve efficient, fast and cost effective production, designers must consider all the manufacturing stages a product has to go through. A case study in a manufacturing setup shows that due to the differences in perception of an engineering component, the coordination between design and manufacturing becomes difficult.Semantic interoperability problems are therefore faced when knowledge sharing for the purpose of manufacturability verification is attempted through computer-based knowledge bases. Ontologies have a reputation for solving semantic interoperability problems. Combined with shape feature based models of components, ontologies provide a basis for seamless knowledge sharing. This paper demonstrates the use of ontologies for analyzing the manufacturability of engineering components in the early design stages. This is done by developing shape feature based ontological models of these components and associating manufacturability knowledge with these models. To achieve this, an ontological modelling technique is proposed which uses shape feature based geometrical models of engineering components as building blocks. The knowledge associated with these models to demonstrate their use for manufacturability verification is derived from the findings of a case study also detailed in this paper.

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A Common Design-Features Ontology for Product Data Semantics Interoperability

Cited by 19 publications

References 3 publications

Supporting Decision-Making in the Building Life-Cycle Using Linked Building Data

Supporting Decision-Making in the Building Life-Cycle Using Linked Building Data

E‐maintenance platform design for public infrastructure maintenance based on IFC ontology and Semantic Web services

Manufacturability verification through feature-based ontological product models

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