A rule-based methodology to extract building model views

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serval:BIB_8B3224E4448D
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
A rule-based methodology to extract building model views
Journal
Automation in Construction
Author(s)
de Farias T.M., Roxin A., Nicolle C.
ISSN
1872-7891
ISSN-L
0926-5805
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
92
Pages
214-229
Language
english
Abstract
In this paper, we present a novel approach called lie View that relies on Semantic Web technologies for creating building views. To do so, we consider an ifcOWL ontology proposed by buildingSMART. The ifcOWL is an Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) based ontology. By combining the ifcOWL ontology with logical rules (expressed in Semantic Web Rule Language, SWRL), we demonstrate through several case studies that our approach can perform a more intuitive and flexible extraction of building views when compared to the Model View Definition (MVD) approach. This is because our rule-based approach dynamically creates sub-graphs (i.e. views) by specifying the IFC elements to extract as Globally Unique Identifiers (GUID), relationships or entities. Another benefit of our approach is the fact that it simplifies the maintenance and definition of building views. Once our rule-based system extracts such a building view (i.e. sub-graph), this view can be exported by using STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product) or Turtle (a Resource Description Framework (RDF) syntax) formats.
Keywords
ifcOWL, Rule checking, Model view definition (MVD), Reasoning, Semantic web
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Create date
16/08/2018 10:20
Last modification date
20/08/2019 14:49
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