An ontological and semantic foundation for safety and security science

When discussing the concepts of risk, safety, and security, people have an intuitive understanding of what these concepts mean, and, to a certain level, this understanding is universal. However, when delving into the real meaning of these concepts, one is likely to fall into semantic debates and ontological discussions. In industrial parks,...

Service Knowledge Discovery in Smart Machine Networks

The devices surrounding us become smarter and can autonomously form a network without requiring our intervention. However, our needs can be even better accommodated when the networked devices cooperate and complement each other’s capabilities. One of the initial steps towards achieving a cooperative platform of smart devices is the discovery...

A Conceptual Framework of Representing Semantics for 3D Cadastre in Singapore

The Land Survey Division of Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has recently embarked on LandXML to replace the existing in-house cadastral submission format for cadastral job processing. The rationale of adopting LandXML is to support automated job processing for cadastral job submissions from registered surveyors. LandXML is capable of capturing...