Building Information Model (BIM) Ontology


Title
Building Information Model (BIM) Ontology
URI
http://www.bimtoolset.org/ontologies/IntUBE-EnergyBIM.owl
Description
The Building Information Model (BIM) ontology models the building domain (buildings, building parts, energy installations, etc.).
Languages
English
Ontology languages
OWL
Ontology format
RDF/XML
Alignments
See alignments

Evaluation results

The following evaluation results have been generated by the RESTFul web service provided by OOPS! (OntOlogy Pitfall Scanner!).

OOPS! logoIt is obvious that not all the pitfalls are equally important; their impact in the ontology will depend on multiple factors. For this reason, each pitfall has an importance level attached indicating how important it is. We have identified three levels:

Critical
It is crucial to correct the pitfall. Otherwise, it could affect the ontology consistency, reasoning, applicability, etc.
Important
Though not critical for ontology function, it is important to correct this type of pitfall.
Minor
It is not really a problem, but by correcting it we will make the ontology nicer.

Guidelines in [5] suggest avoiding file extension in persistent URIs, particularly those related to the technology used, as for example ".php" or ".py". In our case we have adapted it to the ontology web languages used to formalized ontologies and their serializations. In this regard, we consider as pitfall including file extensions as ".owl", ".rdf", ".ttl", ".n3" and ".rdfxml" in an ontology URI. An example of this pitfall (at 29th June, 2012) could be found in the "BioPAX Level 3 ontology (biopax)" ontologyÕs URI (http://www.biopax.org/release/biopax-level3.owl) that contains the extension ".owl" related to the technology used.

*This pitfall applies to the ontology in general instead of specific elements and it appears in the ontology URI: http://www.bimtoolset.org/ontologies/IntUBE-EnergyBIM.owl

It is crucial you solve this if you want to contribute to the Semantic Web. You can follow the guidelines at LinkToDiegoRecipes to publish your ontology. If your ontology is correctly published and we have made an error detecting this pitfall please let us know and we will solve it a.s.a.p.

*This pitfall applies to the ontology in general instead of specific elements

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