An XML metadata approach to seamless project information exchange between heterogeneous platforms

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-145

  Underwood, Jason ^a   Watson, Alastair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Construction industry; Information exchange; Information technology strategy; Web sites

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METADATA; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WEBSITES; XML;

COLLOBORATION; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES; LARGE SCALE ENGINEERING (LSE);

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 3242664144     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980310466604     Document Type: Review

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