Integrating heterogeneous data representations in model-based AEC/FM systems

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Author	Search for: Kosovac, B.; Search for: Froese, T. M.; Search for: Vanier, D. J.¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
Format	Text, Article
Conference	CIT2000 ( Construction Information Technology ): 27 June 2000, Reykjavik, Iceland
Subject	information management, thesauri, integrated model-based systems, XML, heterogeneous representations of information
Abstract	The paper introduces an approach to the management of heterogeneous representations of information in integrated AEC/FM systems. The approach is based on the concept of controlled vocabularies - thesauri. In this context, a thesaurus is used to control not only terminology but all different representations or displays of information, with a focus on non-textual representations. Examples of different representations include graphical representations of varying level of detail, diverse graphic formats (vector, pixel, VR, video etc), graphics-text-audio as both alternative and complementary modes, visualized non-natively-graphic information etc. The approach is illustrated by a set of simple applications, the first in a series of interrelated prototypes, comprising an intended research project. The applications use HTML, JavaScript and XML along with an existing pilot thesaurus inthe low-slope roofing domain for managing (i.e. storing, relating, and retrieving) textual and non-textual information from both local and remote sources. The applications represent a proof of the concept, to be elaborated in future work, that will used for efficient and economical management of information in construction planning and factilities management applications within integrated model-based systems.
Publication date	2000-07-01
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 44006 NRC-IRC-9954
NPARC number	20331206
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Record identifier	34f94b62-3f0f-4475-9c7a-01ce56c30527
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