scholarly journals An E-Commerce Platform for Industrialized Construction Procurement Based on BIM and Linked Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2613
Author(s):  
Dandan He ◽  
Zhongfu Li ◽  
Chunlin Wu ◽  
Xin Ning

Industrialized construction has raised the requirements of procurement methods used in the construction industry. The rapid development of e-commerce offers efficient and effective solutions, however the large number of participants in the construction industry means that the data involved are complex, and problems arise related to volume, heterogeneity, and fragmentation. Thus, the sector lags behind others in the adoption of e-commerce. In particular, data integration has become a barrier preventing further development. Traditional e-commerce platform, which considered data integration for common product data, cannot meet the requirements of construction product data integration. This study aimed to build an information-integrated e-commerce platform for industrialized construction procurement (ICP) to overcome some of the shortcomings existing platforms. We proposed a platform based on Building Information Modelling (BIM) and linked data, taking an innovative approach to data integration. It uses industrialized construction technology to support product standardization, BIM to support procurement process, and linked data to connect different data sources. The platform was validated using a case study. With the development of an e-commerce ontology, industrialized construction component information was extracted from BIM models and converted to Resource Description Framework (RDF) format. Related information from different data sources was also converted to RDF format, and Simple Protocol and Resource Description Framework Query Language (SPARQL) queries were implemented. The platform provides a solution for the development of e-commerce platform in the construction industry.

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 793-801
Author(s):  
Maturi Sreerama Murty ◽  
Nallamothu Nagamalleswara Rao

Following the accessibility of Resource Description Framework (RDF) resources is a key capacity in the establishment of Linked Data frameworks. It replaces center around information reconciliation contrasted with work rate. Exceptional Connected Data that empowers applications to improve by changing over legacy information into RDF resources. This data contains bibliographic, geographic, government, arrangement, and alternate routes. Regardless, a large portion of them don't monitor the subtleties and execution of each sponsored resource. In such cases, it is vital for those applications to track, store and scatter provenance information that mirrors their source data and introduced tasks. We present the RDF information global positioning framework. Provenance information is followed during the progress cycle and oversaw multiple times. From that point, this data is appropriated utilizing of this concept URIs. The proposed design depends on the Harvard Library Database. The tests were performed on informational indexes with changes made to the qualities??In the RDF and the subtleties related with the provenance. The outcome has quieted the guarantee as in it pulls in record wholesalers to make significant realities that develop while taking almost no time and exertion.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 499
Author(s):  
Poornima N ◽  
Shivam Agrawal ◽  
Shivam Agrawal ◽  
Saleena B ◽  
Saleena B

Objective: Most of the current search engines follow informal keyword based search. Finding the user intention and improving the relevancy of results are the major issues faced by the current traditional keyword based search. Targeting to solve the problems of traditional search and to boost the retrieval process, a framework for semantic based information retrieval is planned. Methods: Social and wine ontologies are used to find the user intention and retrieving it. User’s natural language queries are translated into SPARQL (SPARQL Protocol and Resource Description Framework query language) query for finding related items from those ontologies.Results: The proposed method makes a significant improvement over traditional search in terms of some searches required for searching a particular number of pages using performance graph.Conclusion: Semantic based search can understand the user intention and gives better results than traditional search.


Author(s):  
Mariana Baptista Brandt ◽  
Silvana Aparecida Borsetti Gregorio Vidotti ◽  
José Eduardo Santarem Segundo

A presente pesquisa objetiva propor um modelo de dados abertos conectados (linked open data - LOD), para um conjunto de dados abertos legislativos da Câmara dos Deputados. Para tanto, procede-se à revisão de literatura sobre os conceitos de dados abertos, dados abertos governamentais, dados conectados (linked data), e dados abertos conectados (linked open data), seguido de pesquisa aplicada, com a modelagem de dados legislativos no modelo LOD. Para esta pesquisa foi selecionado o conjunto de dados "Deputados", que contém informações como partido político, unidade federativa, e-mail, legislatura, entre outras, sobre os parlamentares. Desse modo, observa-se que a estruturação do conjunto de dados em RDF (Resource Description Framework) é possível com reuso de vocabulários e padrões já estabelecidos na Web Semântica como Dublin Core, Friend of a Friend (FOAF), RDF e RDF Schema, além de vocabulários de áreas correlatas, como a Ontologia da Câmara dos Deputados italiana e a da Assembleia Nacional Francesa. Conforme recomendação do padrão Linked Data, os recursos foram relacionados também a outros conjuntos de LOD para enriquecimento semântico, como as bases Geonames e DBpedia. O estudo que permite concluir que a disponibilização dos dados governamentais, em especial, dados legislativos, pode ser feita seguindo as recomendações da W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) e, assim, integrar os dados legislativos à Web de Dados e ampliar as possibilidades de reuso e aplicações dos dados em ações de transparência e fiscalização, aproximando os cidadãos do Congresso e de seus representantes.


Author(s):  
Leila Zemmouchi-Ghomari

The data on the web is heterogeneous and distributed, which makes its integration a sine qua non-condition for its effective exploitation within the context of the semantic web or the so-called web of data. A promising solution for web data integration is the linked data initiative, which is based on four principles that aim to standardize the publication of structured data on the web. The objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of the essential aspects of this fairly recent and exciting field, including the model of linked data: resource description framework (RDF), its query language: simple protocol, and the RDF query language (SPARQL), the available means of publication and consumption of linked data, and the existing applications and the issues not yet addressed in research.


2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zongmin Ma ◽  
Miriam A. M. Capretz ◽  
Li Yan

AbstractThe Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a flexible model for representing information about resources on the Web. As a W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Recommendation, RDF has rapidly gained popularity. With the widespread acceptance of RDF on the Web and in the enterprise, a huge amount of RDF data is being proliferated and becoming available. Efficient and scalable management of RDF data is therefore of increasing importance. RDF data management has attracted attention in the database and Semantic Web communities. Much work has been devoted to proposing different solutions to store RDF data efficiently. This paper focusses on using relational databases and NoSQL (for ‘not only SQL (Structured Query Language)’) databases to store massive RDF data. A full up-to-date overview of the current state of the art in RDF data storage is provided in the paper.


2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilton Freitas Junior ◽  
Mark Douglas de Azevedo Jacynto

Resumo Este artigo apresenta a proposta e subsequente construção de um protótipo para catalogação semântica de publicações científicas. O protótipo desenvolvido segue os princípios Linked Data da nova Web Semântica proposta pelo consórcio W3C e encontra-se operacional. A proposta tem como diferencial o fato de todos os arquivos digitais das publicações serem anotados semanticamente com metadados semiestruturados inteligíveis por máquinas, permitindo que agentes de software nos auxiliem nas tarefas de busca, integração e processamentos de tais publicações, estabelecendo uma base de conhecimento Linked Data de publicações. A pesquisa que ampara o estudo e desenvolvimento do protótipo apresenta conceitos inerentes à Web Semântica, ao padrão de dados semiestruturados Resource Description Framework (RDF) e o uso de ontologias para representação de domínios de conhecimento. Testes de funcionamento são demonstrados e foram realizados com algumas publicações também relacionadas ao tema, salientando a capacidade do protótipo em fornecer informações acessíveis a pessoas e a máquinas (agentes de software), por meio de negociação de conteúdo. O protótipo encontra-se hospedado e está disponível para verificação online por qualquer interessado no tema deste artigo.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongming Wang ◽  
Sharon Q Yang

For the past ten years libraries have been working diligently towards Linked Data and the Semantic Web. Due to the complexity and vast scope of Linked Data, many people have a hard time to understand its technical details and its potential for the library community. This paper aims to help librarians better understand some important concepts by explaining the basic Linked Data technologies that consist of Resource Description Framework (RDF), the ontology, and the query language. It also includes an overview of the achievements by libraries around the world in their efforts to turn library data into Linked Data including those by Library of Congress, OCLC, and some other national libraries. Some of the challenges and setbacks that libraries have encountered are analyzed and discussed. In spite of the difficulties, there is no way to turn back. Libraries will have to succeed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashleigh Faith ◽  
Michelle Chrzanowski

Libraries have struggled with connecting a plethora of content and the metadata stored in catalogs to patrons. Adding more value to catalogs, more tools for reference librarians, and enriched patron search, linked data is a means to connect more people with more relevant information. With the recent transition to the Resource Description and Access (RDA) cataloging standard within libraries, linking data in library databases has become a much easier project to tackle, largely because of another standard called Resource Description Framework (RDF). Both focus on resource description and both are components of linked data within the library. Tying them together is the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) conceptual framework. Acknowledging that linked data components are most likely new to many librarians, this article seeks to explain what linked data is, how RDA and RDF are connected by FRBR, and how knowledge maps may improve information access.


Author(s):  
Fabiano Ferreira de Castro ◽  
Ananda Fernanda de Jesus

O Linked Data foi desenvolvido visando atender ao contexto tecnológico vigente e pode ser aplicado potencialmente ao domínio bibliográfico. Objetivou-se verificar a viabilidade e a relevância de se adequar os dados bibliográficos aos princípios do Linked Data. A coleta de dados baseou-se em uma metodologia de caráter qualiquantitativo, pautado na realização de uma Revisão Sistemática da Literatura. Os dados foram analisados à luz das seguintes categorias: enfoque dos documentos, requisitos necessários para a adequação de dados bibliográficos ao Linked Data, vantagens e desafios relacionados a essa adequação. Como resultados, identificaram-se o Resource Description Framework (RDF) e o Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) como requisitos necessários para prover a adequação de dados bibliográficos ao Linked Data. As principais vantagens identificadas foram a interoperabilidade de dados, melhores resultados de busca, maior visibilidade dos dados das bibliotecas no ambiente Web e promoção de descoberta acidental de recursos. Os principais desafios identificados foram a heterogeneidade dos dados disponibilizados na Web e a conversão dos dados descritos em formato MARC21. Concluiu-se que os dados bibliográficos podem ser adequados ao Linked Data, porém, muitos desafios ainda precisam ser superados para permitir essa realidade.


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