The role of the semantic web for knowledge management in the construction industry

Informatica (Ljubljana)

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-336

  Svetel, Igor ^a   Pejanović, Milica ^b  

^a Faculty of Mechanical Engineering   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

BIM; Building information modelling; IFC; Industry foundation classes; Knowledge management; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

AEC INDUSTRY; ARCHITECTURE , ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES; BIM; BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING; IFC; INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES; MODEL-BASED; SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

SEMANTIC WEB;

EID: 78649295769     PISSN: 03505596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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