Past, present and future of information and knowledge sharing in the construction industry: Towards semantic service-based e-construction

Rezgui, Y; Boddy, SC; Wetherill, M; Cooper, GS

Abstract

The paper reviews product data technology initiatives in the construction sector and provides a synthesis of related ICT industry needs. A comparison between (a) the data centric characteristics of Product Data Technology (PDT) and (b) ontology with a focus on semantics, is given, highlighting the pros and cons of each approach. The paper advocates the migration from data-centric application integration to ontology-based business process support, and proposes inter-enterprise collaboration architectures and frameworks based on semantic services, underpinned by ontology-based knowledge structures. The paper discusses the main reasons behind the low industry take up of product data technology, and proposes a preliminary roadmap for the wide industry diffusion of the proposed approach. In this respect, the paper stresses the value of adopting alliance-based modes of operation.

Citation

Rezgui, Y., Boddy, S., Wetherill, M., & Cooper, G. (2011). Past, present and future of information and knowledge sharing in the construction industry: Towards semantic service-based e-construction. Computer-Aided Design, 43(5), 502-515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2009.06.005

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 1, 2011
• Deposit Date: Oct 20, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Journal: Computer Aided Design
• Print ISSN: 0010-4485
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 502-515
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2009.06.005
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2009.06.005