Advise, Formalize and Integrate MDO Architectures: A Methodology and Implementation

Ontology visualization and instance matches confirmation

Joining multiple ontologies with the purpose of connecting existing knowledge can be done with the help of ontology matching tools. Part of this process involves establishing links between instances of classes from the paired ontologies. This process, referred to as instance matching, is done by algorithms that automatically generate the links...

Semantic annotation of existing geo-datasets: A case study of disaster response in Netherlands

Use of relevant geo-information is one of the important issues for performing different tasks and processes in disaster response phase. In order to save time and cost, services could be employed for integrating and extracting relevant up-to-date geo-information. For this purpose, semantics of geo-information should be explicitly defined. This...

Restructuring the Social Web

The term Social Web is often used to describe a wide range of websites. So much so, that the term has become meaningless to many. This research shows what makes a website social and which functionalities these websites can be expected to offer to users. This is achieved by formulating a definition of the Social Web, a categorization of the...

New instruments for dynamic building-construction: Computer as partner in construction

For dynamic processes to become possible in Building-Construction, ICT support is needed. Data access and data exchange needs to be ubiquitous. Existing research often only targets elaborate international standards (that don't really get off the ground because of international differences) or it targets big, elaborate, expensive systems (that...