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Buildings and Semantics: Data Models and Web Technologies for the Built Environment

Buildings and Semantics: Data Models and Web Technologies for the Built Environment

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The built environment is rapidly digitizing, creating a Digital Twin that is web-supported and interconnected. This book explores IT techniques and software solutions for modeling, storing, and managing building data, including digital twins, IoT, cloud computing, and smart cities. It is a guide and reference for experts and professionals in AEC computing and digital construction.

Format: Hardback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 25 July 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


The built environment is undergoing a remarkable digital transformation, evolving into a physical realm seamlessly integrated with a fully web-supported and interconnected digital counterpart, commonly known as the Digital Twin. This comprehensive book explores the diverse possibilities of creating and utilizing data models and web technologies within the realm of the built environment. With a focus on technical aspects and intricate details, it delves into a wide range of IT techniques employed in the AEC domain, encompassing JSON, XML, EXPRESS, and RDF/OWL for modeling geometry, products, properties, sensor, and energy data.

The second part of the book takes a deeper dive into various software solutions and approaches, such as digital twins, federated data storage on the web, IoT, cloud computing, and smart cities. It comprehensively examines key research and strategic development opportunities in distributed web-based building data management, IoT integration, and cloud computing. The primary objective of this book is to serve as a valuable guide and reference for experts and professionals engaged in AEC computing and digital construction, including Master's students, PhD researchers, and junior to senior IT-oriented AEC professionals.

Weight: 736g
Dimension: 179 x 252 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032023120

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