Web services enhanced interoperable construction products catalogue

Automation in Construction

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-352

  Kong, Stephen C W ^a   Li, Heng ^a   Liang, Yong ^a   Hung, Tim ^a   Anumba, Chimay ^b   Chen, Zhen ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Construction products; E commerce; Interoperability; Products catalogue; Web services

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HTTP; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); INTEROPERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SERVERS; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB; XML;

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS; ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; PRODUCTS CATALOGUE; WEB SERVICES;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 13244268562     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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