Collaborative project information management in a semantic web environment

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-94

  Anumba, C J ^a   Pan, J ^b   Issa, R R A ^c   Mutis, I ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Design and development; Information management; Project management; Semantics; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTEROPERABILITY; ONTOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WEB SERVICES;

COLLABORATING DESIGN SERVICES; INFORMATION LOSS; INTEROPERABLE SYSTEMS;

SEMANTIC WEB;

EID: 38149133860     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980810842089     Document Type: Article

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