Ontologies in Urban Development Projects

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Ontology Fundamentals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Gilles Falquet, Claudine Métral, Jacques Teller, Christopher Tweed

      Pages 3-8

   3. An Introduction to Ontologies and Ontology Engineering

      • Catherine Roussey, Francois Pinet, Myoung Ah Kang, Oscar Corcho

      Pages 9-38

   4. Ontologies for Interoperability

      • Catherine Roussey, Francois Pinet, Myoung Ah Kang, Oscar Corcho

      Pages 39-53

   5. Ontology Alignment in the Urban Domain

      • Sylvie Calabretto

      Pages 55-68

   6. Ontologies and Multilingualism

      • Gilles Falquet, Jacques Guyot

      Pages 69-79

3. Ontologies in the Urban Domain

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Ontologies in the Geographic Information Sector

      • Roland Billen, Javier Nogueras-Iso, F. Javier López-Pellicer, Luis M. Vilches-Blázquez

      Pages 83-103

   3. Ontologies for Interconnecting Urban Models

      • Claudine Métral, Anne-Françoise Cutting-Decelle

      Pages 105-122

   4. Call for LOD – Linking Scales and Providers Through Digital Spatial Representations

      • Anssi Joutsiniemi, Jarmo Laitinen, Juho Malmi

      Pages 123-138

   5. Ontology-Based Interoperability in Knowledge-Based Communication Systems

      • Stefan Trausan-Matu

      Pages 139-152

   6. Transformation of Urban Knowledge Sources to Ontologies

      • Javier Nogueras-Iso, Javier Lacasta, Jacques Teller, Gilles Falquet, Jacques Guyot

      Pages 153-166

4. Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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5. Case studies

   1. Developing and Using Ontologies in Practice

      • Christopher Tweed

      Pages 169-171

   2. URMOPRO: An Example of an Urban Ontology for the Formalization of Morphological Processes

      • Eduardo Camacho-Hübner

      Pages 173-178

   3. OUR City Cohesion Policies: Practices of Ontologies for Urban Regeneration (OUR): The Case of the Puglia Region

      • Francesco Rotondo

      Pages 179-187

   4. An Ontology for Urban Mobility

      • Chantal Berdier

      Pages 189-196

   5. The Development of Thesauri by English Heritage

      • Christopher Tweed

      Pages 197-201

   6. Ontology and the Scottish Building Regulations

      • John Lee

      Pages 203-210

Ontologies are increasingly recognized as essential tools in information science. Although the concepts are well understood theoretically , the practical implementation of ontologies remains challenging. In this book, researchers in computer science, information systems, ontology engineering, urban planning and design, civil and building engineering, and architecture present an interdisciplinary study of ontology engineering and its application in urban development projects. The first part of the book introduces the general notion of ontology, describing variations in abstraction level, coverage, and formality. It also discusses the use of ontologies to achieve interoperability, and to represent multiple points of view and multilingualism. This is illustrated with examples from the urban domain. The second part is specific to urban development. It covers spatial and geographical knowledge representation, the creation of urban ontologies from various knowledge sources, the interconnection of urban models and the interaction between standards and domain models. The third part presents case studies of the development of ontologies for urban mobility, urban morphological processes, road systems, and cultural heritage. Other cases report on the use of ontologies to solve urban development problems, in construction business models, building regulations and urban regeneration. It concludes with a discussion of key challenges for the future deployment of ontologies in this domain. This book bridges the gap between urban practitioners and computer scientists. As the essence of most urban projects lies in making connections between worldviews, ontology development has an important role to play, in promoting interoperability between data sources, both formal (urban databases, Building Integrated Models, Geographical Information Systems etc.) and less formal (thesauri, text records, web sources etc.). This volume offers a comprehensive introduction to ontology engineeringfor urban development. It is essential reading for practitioners and ontology designers working in urban development.

• Construction
• Knowledge Representation
• Ontology
• Ontology Engineering
• Urban Civil Engineering
• Urban Development

From the reviews:

“This book, a collection of papers by different authors, presents an overview of the theory and practice of ontology engineering. … This book is good reading for any professional interested in ontology engineering and domain ontology design. It is an accurate representation of the state of the art of urban ontologies, and leaves readers with a sense of the amount of work still required for real urban interoperational systems.” (Mariana Damova, ACM Computing Reviews, December, 2011)

• Centre universitaire d'informatique, Carouge, Switzerland

  Gilles Falquet

• & Institut des sciences de environ., Centre universitaire d'informatique, Carouge, Switzerland

  Claudine Métral

• LEMA Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium

  Jacques Teller

• , Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom

  Christopher Tweed

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