Classifying IFC Entities by Their Relative Importance for Accurate Interoperability Measurement

Jabin, Joseph; Dimyadi, Johannes; Amor, Robert

doi:10.46421/2706-6568.37.2020.paper007

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“…Pragmatic and dynamic interoperability is important in DEM due to the dynamic determination and execution of operations and the unpredictability of the risks that will occur. For these levels, OIAM, EIMM and LCIM are important in terms of providing detailed information and approach (Jabin et al, 2019;Maremi et al, 2020;EIMM, 2006). It is of vital importance to ensure full operational interoperability, especially in the response phase, for the AADY.…”

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Development of Interoperability Principles for Disaster and Emergency Management System of Türkiye

Demir Özbek,

Yomralıoğlu,

Ateş Aydar

2023

International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics

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Due to their complex nature, disasters and emergencies require a data-intensive management system in which many actors from different sectors participate and simultaneous processes are managed. Due to this complexity, there are problems in managing and sharing process services and geographic data effectively. The key to solving these problems is the introduction of a complete interoperability model. In this context, interoperability models based on existing international standards are analyzed in this study. FEI and EIF models are taken as basis in terms of disaster and emergency management interoperability requirements. Accordingly, the interoperability reference model was created in legal, organizational, semantic and technical frameworks to meet the interoperability levels. This general framework model has been evaluated in the service and data layers that need to be fully defined in disaster and emergency management phases, and a basic model including interoperability solutions for the service and data model has been created.

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Section: Determining the Methodology Of Interoperability Modelmentioning

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Development of Interoperability Principles for Disaster and Emergency Management System of Türkiye

Demir Özbek,

Yomralıoğlu,

Ateş Aydar

2023

International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics

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“…Whereas global standards aim to facilitate interoperability between vendors' products, industry standards aim to facilitate the operability of vendors' products. Though the common language is IFC, bSI conformance testing to certify the ability of vendors' software tools to interoperate with IFC is widely reported as unreliable (Lipman, Palmer and Palacios, 2011, Jabin, Dimyadi and Amor, 2019, Kiviniemi, 2008. Inconsistencies in vendor's IFC import/export translators lead to data loss and errors as noted by (De Gaetani, Mert and Migliaccio, 2020).…”

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Ecosystem interoperability for the architecture, engineering, construction & operations (AECO) sector

Doe,

Kaur,

Selway

et al. 2024

ITcon

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Substandard performance between information systems and applications remains a problem for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) sector leading to significant economic, social and environmental costs. The sector suffers from poor interoperability because it lacks a holistic ecosystem for exchanging data and information. Through qualitative research involving AECO sector industry partners’ views and opinions, this research extends understanding of issues which affect ecosystem interoperability in the AECO sector. Research questions guided a literature review, survey, semi-structured interview, focus group meeting, and interpretation of the results. The authors believe that incorporating AECO sector industry partners' views is essential for meaningful proposals to emerge. Open questions asked of industry partners received candid responses and confirmed key issues including: the need for the Industry Foundation Class (IFC) to be fully interoperable; the side effects and impacts of vendor lock-in; integration problems caused by multiple Common Data Environments (CDEs); handover data and information challenges; the impacts of poor interoperability on sustainable development. Through engagement with industry this research offers better understanding of interoperability challenges in the AECO sector and has generated more meaningful actions and solutions capable of improving the sector’s data and information ecosystem.

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Interoperability in AECO and the oil & gas sectors: object-based standards and systems

Doe¹,

Kaur²,

Selway³

et al. 2022

ITcon

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This research proposes recommendations that could improve interoperability in the architecture, engineering, construction and operations (AECO) sector, by connecting domains, building lifecycles, and software systems with each other and the web. The objective has been to identify methods that promote evolution from file-based formats by advancing object-based data exchange solutions. The research design is a mapping of standards and systems that have affected the nature of object-based data exchanges, and which have either been proposed or implemented in AECO and the Oil & Gas sector. This is an approach which allows for the range and diversity of information to be examined. A review of the Oil & Gas sector confirms a norm where object-based, rather than file-based, transactions have shaped data exchange models, formats, use case methodologies, and collaboration mechanisms, thus contributing towards semantic connectivity across its diverse systems. Key research questions address the nature of these sectors, the promise that object-based data exchange offers, and examine recommendations that would improve standards and systems. The paper affirms that measures taken to improve interoperability in the Oil & Gas sector have relevance for the AECO sector, and that better understanding, and recognition of the structure of AECOs interoperability ecosystem is central to effecting lasting and significant change. Thus, we make recommendations that acknowledge the hybrid nature of AECO data exchanges and propose an interoperability ecosystem that connects both distributed and centralised federated models. Improved standards to define application programming interfaces (APIs) and adaptors, based on a modular approach, would be central to this proposal. We also make recommendations to improve use case definitions, and to ensure that semantic connectivity at the object level is scalable to web-based transactions. Finally, we assert that, to realise these changes, the developers and vendors of its systems should recognise and address the AECO sector’s pressing needs and concerns.

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Classifying IFC Entities by Their Relative Importance for Accurate Interoperability Measurement

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Development of Interoperability Principles for Disaster and Emergency Management System of Türkiye

Development of Interoperability Principles for Disaster and Emergency Management System of Türkiye

Ecosystem interoperability for the architecture, engineering, construction & operations (AECO) sector

Interoperability in AECO and the oil & gas sectors: object-based standards and systems

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