A semantic framework to support corporate memory management in building construction

Automation in Construction

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 504-521

  El Diraby, T E ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building construction; Corporate memory; Knowledge management; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CORPORATE MEMORY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TAXONOMY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33744526706     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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