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Representing SimModel in the Web Ontology Language
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2014-06-25
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Abstract
Many building energy performance (BEP) simulation tools, such as EnergyPlus and DOE-2, use custom schema definitions (IDD and BDL respectively) as opposed to standardised schema definitions (defined in XSD, EXPRESS, and so forth). A Simulation Domain Model (SimModel) was therefore proposed earlier, representative for a new interoperable XML-based data model for the building simulation domain. Its ontology aims at moving away from tool-specific, non-standard nomenclature by implementing an industry-validated terminology aligned with the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). In this paper, we document our ongoing efforts to make building simulation data more interoperable with other building data. In order to be able to better integrate SimModel information with other building information, we have aimed at representing this information in the Resource Description Framework (RDF). A conversion service has been built that is able to parse the SimModel ontology in the form of XSD schemas and output a SimModel ontology in OWL. In this article, we document this effort and give an indication of what the resulting SimModel ontology in OWL can be used for.
Type of Material
Conference Publication
Publisher
American Society of Civil Engineers
Start Page
2271
End Page
2278
Copyright (Published Version)
2014 American Society of Civil Engineers
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
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Issa Issa, R., Flood, I. (eds.). Computing in Civil and Building Engineering: Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
Conference Details
2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Orlando, Florida, United States, 23-25 June 2014
ISBN
9780784413616
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