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Integration of industry foundation classes and ontology: data, applications, modes, challenges, and opportunities
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Jia, Jing
Ma, Hongxin
Zhang, Zijing
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs), as the most recognized data schema for Building Information Modeling (BIM), are increasingly combined with ontology to facilitate data interoperability across the whole lifecycle in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Facility Management (AEC/FM). This paper conducts a bibliometric analysis of 122 papers from the perspective of data, model, and application to summarize the modes of IFC and ontology integration (IFCOI). This paper first analyzes the data and models of the integration from IFC data formats and ontology development models to the IfcOWL data model. Next, the application status is summed up from objective and phase dimensions, and four frequent applications with maturity are identified. Based on the aforementioned multi-dimensional analysis, three integration modes are summarized, taking into account various data interoperability requirements. Accordingly, ontology behaves as the representation of domain knowledge, an enrichment tool for IFC model semantics, and a linkage between IFC data and other heterogeneous data. Finally, this paper points out the challenges and opportunities for IFCOI in the data, domain ontology, and integration process and proposes a building lifecycle management model based on IFCOI.
Date Issued
2024-03-01
Date Acceptance
2024-03-23
Citation
Buildings, 2024, 14 (4)
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DOI
ISSN
2075-5309
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
911
End Page
911
Journal / Book Title
Buildings
Volume
14
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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10.3390/buildings14040911
Subjects
Jia, J.
Ma, H.
Zhang, Z. Integration of Industry Foundation Classes and Ontology: Data, Applications, Modes, Challenges, and IFC
ontology
interoperability
knowledge representation
semantic enrichment
lifecycle management
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
911
Date Publish Online
2024-03-27