Inhoudsopgave

• Preface
• Summary
• Lijst van figuren
• Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Characteristics of Building-Construction
    • From construction to eConstruction
  • Initial research questions
  • Thesis overview and methodology
  • Note on typography and reading aids
  
  
• Problem analysis
  • Introduction
  • Observing Building-Construction
    • Improving flexibility
    • Improving co-operation
    • Improving process control
    • Improving value-based steering
    • Improving knowledge utilisation
  • Current ICT usage in Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Conclusions and improved initial research question
    • Improved research question
  
  
• Analysis of current information and knowledge sharing in the Building-Construction industry
  • Introduction
  • Specification and Classification
    • Classification and Coding systems
    • Specifications
    • Two Dutch examples
  • PDT: information structuring
    • ISO-STEP
    • IFC
    • 12006-3 taxonomy development
    • Reference models
    • Conclusions on PDT
  • Evaluation regarding improved information sharing
    • Evaluation of suitability of classification and PDT efforts
    • Research opportunities for improvements
  • Conclusions
  
  
• Analysis of new applicable Next Generation Internet technologies
  • Introduction
  • Generic communication medium: the Internet
    • Identifying and addressing everything: URL
    • Access method: HTTP
    • Data protection
    • Information presentation: HTML
    • Connected information: RDF
  • Grammar: involving the computer meaningfully
    • Data format: XML
    • Data format: RDF
    • Accessing the information: web services
  • Using XML and the Internet: eConstruct
    • Introduction
    • Vocabulary: the LexiCon taxonomy
    • Data format: bcXML
    • bcXML web services
    • Evaluation
  • Generic vocabulary: OWL
    • Introduction
    • OWL variants
    • References instead of build-in
    • OWL reasoning
    • Semantic web services
    • Discussion
  • Improving market acceptability with open source
  • Suitability of NG Internet for Building-Construction
    • Improved information sharing
    • Knowledge integration
    • Dynamic interaction
  • Conclusions
  
  
• Revisiting the research questions
  • Introduction
  • New NG Internet instruments: help for information sharing?
  • How can new instruments be brought to market?
  • What is the future role of traditional specifications?
  • Reformulated research questions
  
  
• Solution concepts
  • Introduction
  • Building-Construction Semantics
    • Desired properties of the Semantics
    • Domain specific clusters of terms
    • Building-Construction Ontology web
    • Structuring the object definitions in the Ontology
    • Cooperation with other initiatives
    • Conclusion on Building-Construction Semantics
  • Web services
    • Different types of BC web services
    • Knowledge sharing
    • Conclusions on web services
  • eSpecification
  • Proposed business model
    • bcoWeb business model
    • Web services business model
  • Illustrating the changes to the BC information system
  • Conclusions
  
  
• Technical implementation of the prototype
  • Introduction
  • Internet-based software development
    • Python, Zope and Plone
    • Web-based software development
  • The bcoWeb development tool
    • UML implementation model
    • Application structure
    • Web service: exporting the data
  • bcoWeb compliant web services
    • Introduction
    • Semantic integration testing
    • bcoWeb model checkers
    • RDF integration
    • Integrating properties
    • Catalog application
    • Tree instantiator
  • Conclusions
  
  
• Case studies
  • Introduction
  • An experimental bcoWeb
    • Experimenting OWL: a first effort
    • Improved approach: bcoWeb
  • Using Ontologies and bcoWeb: web services
    • Experimenting Ontology-based applications
    • Specification integration
    • Involving supply: integrating catalog and Ontology in a project
  • Showcase: demonstrating the feasibility of the concept
    • Stakeholders and their views
    • Cost
    • An imaginary overpass project
    • Starting the process
    • More parties joining in
    • Specifications
    • Closing remarks
  • Conclusions
  
  
• Conclusions and recommendations
  • Introduction
  • How can web technology support dynamic processes?
  • How to use NG Internet technology?
  • How should the software vendors react?
  • What is the future role of the Specification?
  • How will Building-Construction look like in the future?
  • Contributions of this research
  • Suggestions for further research
  • Recommendations
  
  
• Samenvatting
• Bibliografie
• Curriculum Vitae
• License
• Colophon