Today's construction industry relies heavily on high-performing building information
modelling (BIM) systems. By deploying the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) as a …

Resource Description Framework (RDF) can seen as a solution in today's landscape of
knowledge representation research. An RDF language has symmetrical features because …

The problem of updating and synchronizing data in the Semantic Web motivates an analog
to text diffs for RDF graphs. This paper discusses the problem of comparing two RDF graphs …

Understanding and using the data and knowledge encoded in semantic web documents
requires an inference engine. Inference engines, also called reasoners, are software …

This paper introduces a novel system to enhance the spatiotemporal alignment of human
abilities in agent-based workflows. This optimization is realized through the application of …

This PhD project was proposed in the context of the Philips concept of Ambient Intelligence
(AmI). This concept was introduced by Philips Research as a new paradigm in how people …

Meanwhile, the Web Architecture document [15] says,“By design a URI identifies one
resource.” Which does http://www. imdb. com/title/tt0091605/identify, then, the movie, or the …

This paper addresses issues of distributing multimedia presentations in an ambient
intelligent environment, exams the existing technologies and proposes IPML, a markup …

Pervasive Computing envisions the seamless integration of computation into everyday
environments in order to support people in their daily activities. Due to recent tech¬ …

Services in the ubiquitous computing are heterogeneous in nature. To be pervasive, these
services should be defined in terms of their functionality and capabilities rather than the …