Merging architectural, engineering, and construction ontologies

Nora M. El-Gohary; Tamer E. El-Diraby

doi:10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000048

Merging architectural, engineering, and construction ontologies

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Abstract

Ontologies have emerged as a means of facilitating semantic interoperability among computer systems. However, recognizing that no single universally agreed-on ontology can ever be defined for a domain, a tool that allows ontologies to interoperate becomes essential to semantic interoperability. This paper presents an ontology integrator (Onto-Integrator) for facilitating ontology interoperability within the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) domain. The Onto-Integrator offers a heuristic for ontology merging, including the merging of concept taxonomies, relations, and axioms. Unlike existing tools, the integrator addresses ontology merging requirements that are specific to the AEC domain. The integrator heuristic was implemented into a prototype Web-based tool and was evaluated through a focus group.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	109-128
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000048
State	Published - Mar 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Information and knowledge modeling
Integration
Knowledge-based systems
Ontology merging
Project management
Semantic interoperability

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Civil and Structural Engineering
Computer Science Applications

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