ebew2001 econstruct summary
DESCRIPTION
Generic introduction on eConstruct for the eBusiness and eWork conference in Venice, 2001.TRANSCRIPT
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eConstruct eBusiness & eWork conference 2001
Venice
Thursday 18th October, 2001
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eConstruct
eCommerce & eBusiness in the European Building and Construction Industry:Preparing for the Next Generation Internet (NGI)
The European DG13 5th Framework IST Programme
Key Action II – New Methods of Work and Electronic Commerce –
Project No. IST-1999-10303
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Contents
• Why eConstruct• What is needed to get it working?• Our current tangible results
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Why eConstruct?
Contractor
Manufacturer
Portal
Manufacturer
Contractor
Portal
€
PortalContractor
Manufacturer
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Therefore eConstruct
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ContractorManufacturerPortal
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What is needed?
• A communication grammar (bcxml)• A set of words (taxonomy)• A communication medium (software
framework)
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Grammar (bcXML)
• Generic bcXML Meta-Schema– Called XTD – eXtensible Taxonomy Definition
• BC-Specific bcTaxonomy– Called bcBuildingDefinitions
bcXMLMeta-Schema
bcTaxonomy
instance of
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Set of words/concepts (Taxonomy)
bcTaxonomy
DecompositionDecomposition
bcDictionary bcDictionary
DescriptionsDescriptions
bcVocabulary bcVocabulary
SpecialisationSpecialisation
Abstraction(objects &
(assigned) properties)
Abstraction(objects &
(assigned) properties)TermsTerms
[eConstruct: “bcBuildingDefinitions”]
DocumentReferencesDocument
ReferencesExternal
DocumentsExternal
Documents
-VRML-SVG-HTML-DWG-DOC-XSL- …
InterrelationInterrelation
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bcXML Glimpse
<InnerDoor name="MyDoor"externalReferences="http://www.bcXML.org/MyDoor.ppt"><EAN>
<SingleValue>1234-abc-4321</SingleValue></EAN><height unit="m">
<SingleValue>1.9</SingleValue></height><thickness unit="m" prefix="c">
<Range><min>6</min><max>8</max>
</Range></thickness><rotation>
<SingleValue>left</SingleValue></rotation><Hinge name="h1">
<weight unit="kg"><SingleValue>0.1</SingleValue>
</weight></Hinge><Hinge name="h2">
<weight unit="kg"><SingleValue>0.1</SingleValue>
</weight></Hinge>
</InnerDoor>
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Communication medium (software framework)
SupplierCatalogue
Server
Catalogues Taxonomies
TaxonomyServer
Taxonomies
TaxonomyServer
Taxonomies
TaxonomyServer
SupplierCatalogue
Server
SupplierCatalogue
Server
CataloguesCatalogues
SW Clients
Resource DBServer
bcXML Browser
Web ServicesGateway
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Results
bcXML model1
Project DB based on the EXPRESS Data Manager™9
XML Server based on the EXPRESS Data Manager™ 8
IfcBrowser 7
Virtual Reality Information Front-end 6
Computer Aided Selling application including the Catalogue Definer5
LexiCon Explorer with bcXML taxonomy export 4
bcXML software architecture implementation (including taxonomyserver + query generator and catalogue server)
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bcTaxonomy2
Description of the Result
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TNO IfcBrowser
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bcXML example usage
SupplierCatalogue
Server
Catalogues Taxonomies
TaxonomyServer
ProjectDB server
Resource DBServer
bcXML Browser
Web ServicesGateway
IFC browser
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Want More Info ?
• http://www.eConstruct.org
Become membereConstruct CPG !
• Jeff Stephens– Taylor Woodrow– ([email protected])
• Michel Böhms– TNO Building and Construction Research– ([email protected])