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Construction IT Terminologies and Language Neutral Definitions in Asia

Inhan Kim Kyung-Hee University, Korea

24th August 2006

Background-East Asian Countries, especially China, Japan ,Korea and Singapore, commonly use Chinese Characters and mutually understandable

-e-Commerce and e-Business in construction IT is expanding in east Asia

-Needs for consistent translation of English terminology

-Requires stable terminology mapping among East Asian Countries

-Needs standardized terminology dictionary for e-Commerce in East Asia

-Construction/Building Codes and regulations

-E-submission, Code checking

-Object oriented classification system-Structured documents with tagged intelligent objects is demanding

-Link Product Information Model and Catalogue data

Purpose-Establish Standardized Terminology Dictionary with language mapping for Construction IT e-Commerce in Asia

-Populate Construction IT e-Commerce in AsiaE-submissionCode checkingXML based schemaDigital building codeClassification systemE-cataloguesReference data librariesProduct Information Model

Benefits

-Keep same semantics with corresponding words to minimize misunderstanding

-Establish terminology Standard for e-Commerce

-Have Language neutral definitions

-Populate each country to establish national construction IT terminology standards

-Establish collaborative basis among Asian countries in Construction IT area

-Be applicable to Future Digital Construction/building projects, such as classification system, codes and regulations

Current Development Status

- product data(STEP) Korean Terminology data Book(withcorresponding English, China, Japan word) http://kstep.or.kr

-Construction IT Resources - ICCI(European Project) homepage–Terminology via various search algorithm http://itc.fgg.uni-lj.si/ICARIS/cr/index.htm

-VTT Construction IT research homepage: http://cic/vtt.fi/home-Acromyms

-Glossaries

-Standards

-Projects: ProdAEC

-Organizations

-Construction Glossary from various resources

-eCommerce & eBusiness in the European Building and Construction Industry: Lexicon Object Naming

Product Model Terminology Collection

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Current Status- product data(STEP) Korean Terminology data Book(withcorresponding English, China, Japan word) http://kstep.or.kr



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Lexicon Object Definition 1/2

Lexicon Object Definition 2/2

Taxonomy Search

Why Terminology Mapping?

The Building & Construction Industry perspective,(Globalization):

Now:

Has its own language concepts

Has its own Standards

Operates locally

Should:

Act as Global Player

Interoperable with International Standards

Operate across national boundaries

Adapted from Barbi presentation, Helsinki, 22 April 2002

What Industry Needs

-Open communication for various construction information-Agreement needed on their own terminology, code, document definitions-Require a ‘flexible’ structure – that also supports intelligent tagging information-To be able to connect product data information with intelligent linking-Inexpensive and easy to use

Language Neutralone object can have several names in the same language

beam도리

빔

들보truss

pumppump

activity/process to pump something

physical object a mounted pump in a plant

function a pump in a functional description

one name can refer to several objects


Need to describe objects from what they are, independent of use and time, and not from what they are named or classified as.

Taxonomy

ConceptualizationSubjects, Activities, Properties,

Measures & Units

DictionaryDictionary

Multi-lingualDescriptions

TerminologyTerminologyMulti-lingual

Terms

Taxonomy

Specialization

ExternalReferences

Actors


Scope of expected Project:Stage 1

Scope of Work

-Establish each countries’ terminology list with corresponding English terminology

-Combine each countries’ terminology lists into a single set

-define level and aspects of terminologies (taxonomy, specification, modeling)

Expected Work Plan-Level 1:

Start with Construction IT related terminologies

-Level 2:

-Expand to general construction terminologies

-Level 3:

-Expand terminology list to language neutral dictionary(to be used with system such as object oriented classification system and structured documents)

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Glossary

Terminology

Acronym

IT Originated

Construction

Specific

-Taxonomy-Specification-Modelling

DefinitionGeneral Construction

Construction IT

LevelDescription

Classification

Related Resources-Modeling-Catalogue

Construction

Aspects/Level

Level and Aspect of a Terminology List

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Construction

IT

-Data Modeling-Catalogue-GIS-Internet-etc.

-Taxonomy-Specification-Modelling

Japanese Word

Chinese Word

English Word

TypesRelated ResourceLevelcorresponding

TerminologyI.D

Terminology List Template

Required Resources

-Should execute a project(each country) to have a construction IT terminology list

-Should form an International team to perform the project

-Should have scenarios to apply the result of this project

QUESTIONS?

Documents

Construction IT Terminologies and Language Neutral ... · Benefits-Keep same semantics with corresponding words to minimize misunderstanding -Establish terminology Standard for e-Commerce-Have