An Ontology for Modelling and Supporting the Process of Authoring Technical Assessments

TL;DR

This paper introduces a semantic web-based ontology to model and support the process of authoring technical assessments in the building industry, aiming to automate and improve regulatory document creation.

Contribution

It presents a novel ontology and semantic web approach specifically designed for modeling the technical assessment creation process in the building sector.

Findings

Developed a semantic web model for technical assessment processes

Enabled automation of document creation workflows

Improved understanding of regulatory document authoring

Abstract

In this paper, we present a semantic web approach for modelling the process of creating new technical and regulatory documents related to the Building sector. This industry, among other industries, is currently experiencing a phenomenal growth in its technical and regulatory texts. Therefore, it is urgent and crucial to improve the process of creating regulations by automating it as much as possible. We focus on the creation of particular technical documents issued by the French Scientific and Technical Centre for Building (CSTB), called Technical Assessments, and we propose services based on Semantic Web models and techniques for modelling the process of their creation.