LDAC2017 - 5th Linked Data in Architecture and Construction Workshop (13 - 15 Nov. 2017)

The LDAC workshop series provides a focused overview on technical and applied research on the usage of semantic web, linked data and web of data technologies for architecture and construction (design, engineering, construction, operation, etc.). The workshop aims at gathering researchers, industry stakeholders, and standardization bodies of the broader Linked Building Data (LBD) community. This includes the buildingSMART Linked Data Working Group (LDWG) participants and the W3C Linked Building Data (LBD) Community Group participants. The aim of the workshop is to present current developments, coordinate efforts, gather stakeholders, and elaborate use cases.

WORKSHOP REPORT

LDAC2017 is over and was a great success for all participants! The workshop report is available at http://linkedbuildingdata.net/ldac2017/files/LDAC2017Report.pdf. Furthermore, photographs of the event can be found at https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_9DFSEKCkj4gDGrKdGNoUAcKqq_IyYFv.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

This year's LDAC workshop takes place at the Univeristy of Burgundy, in Dijon (France). In this workshop, the main aim is to evaluate the current status of the different available ontologies to capture building data. This includes:

  • the ifcOWL ontology (buildingSMART)
  • the Building Topology Ontology (BOT - W3C)
  • the PRODUCT ontology (W3C)
  • geospatial ontologies
  • infrastructure ontologies (oil&gas, roads, tunnels, rail)
  • HVAC ontologies
  • building automation ontologies (BACS, DogOnt, SAREF)
  • semantic sensor ontologies (SSN)

Aside the development and usage of these ontologies, the purpose of the LDAC workshop is to also investigate ways in which the ontology-based data can be combined into a complete and holistic set of available building data. Finally, and most importantly, a number of industrial cases are invited, aiming to give an indication of the effect of these ontologies on every day practice in managing building data (design, construction, facility management, smart cities). The following topics are hereby warmly welcomed:

  • linking building data to product data, GIS data and sensor data
  • decentralised publication of models
  • interoperability
  • ontology mapping and instance mapping
  • building data localization
  • semantic web services
  • reasoning
  • semantic query systems and approaches
  • visualization frameworks
  • open data publication

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: September 15, 2017
Notification of acceptance: September 25, 2017
Registration: October 20, 2017
LDAC workshop: November 13-15, 2017

PROGRAMME

The LDAC 2017 event will follow its usual set up and program (tentative outline below). In particular, the workshop will host again a high number of plenary sessions, and the well-known technical track and use case track will be organised in sequence.

Monday 13 November

  • 09:00 - 09:30: registration and opening - (presentation)
  • 09:30 - 10:15: keynote by Christophe Castaing


    • Christophe Castaing, EGIS
  • 10:30 - 12:30: plenary session
    • Recent Changes in the Building Topology Ontology - (paper - presentation)
      Mads Holten Rasmussen, Pieter Pauwels, Maxime Lefrançois, Georg Ferdinand Schneider, Christian Anker Hviid, Jan Karlshøj

    • Methodology for Data Integration using SPARQL Constructs in the AEC Industry - (paper - presentation)
      Gonçal Costa, Alvaro Sicilia

    • Interlinking Building Geometry with Existing and Developing Standards - (presentation)
      Kris McGlinn, Peter Bonsma, Anna Wagner, Pieter Pauwels

    • Towards Aligning Domain Ontologies with the Building Topology Ontology - (paper)
      Georg Ferdinand Schneider
  • 12:30 - 14:00: lunch
  • 14:00 - 18:00: technical session:
    LBD hackathon: BOT, PRODUCT, PROPS, GEOMETRY (presentation - notes)
  • 20:00 - 23:00: informal dinner

Tuesday 14 November

  • 09:45 - 10:00: LDAC sponsor address


    • Intelligent Buildings in the Archimen Group
      Benoit Vervandier, general director of Groupe Archimen
  • 10:00 - 12:30: plenary session
    • Multiple Ontology Binding in a Smart Building Environment - (paper - presentation)
      Roberto Marroquin, Julien Dubois, Christophe Nicolle

    • Web-based topology queries on a BIM model - (presentation)
      Mads Holten Rasmussen, Christian Anker Hviid, Jan Karlshøj

    • Representation and visualization of Documented Virtual Cities
      John Samuel, Gilles Gesquière, Sylvie Servigne

    • Interlink - A European Road OTL - (presentation)
      Lars Wikström
  • 12:30 - 14:00: lunch
  • 14:00 - 18:00: business case session:
    discussion moderated by Arup (UK), Neanex (BE), and Zueblin (DE)
    • Chaïm Barbier & Victor Malvar (neanex) - Linked Data at neanex (presentation)
    • Harald A. Nitavskis (View Software) - Smart Buildings (presentation)
  • 20:00 - 23:00: informal conference dinner

Wednesday 15 November

  • 10:00 - 12:00: conclusions and future activities in the W3C LBD Community Group
  • 12:00 - 12:30: LDAC2018 in UCL and Arup London (presentation)
  • 12:30 - 14:00: closing lunch

SUBMISSIONS

Submit an abstract of 500 words max before the submission deadline (September 15, 2017). When also submitting a full position paper, please follow the LNCS template (Word, LaTeX). Please make a submission directly via https://goo.gl/forms/yGTUg8WJboidO2sg1.

ORGANISATION

SUPPORT

Support this event: contact us at ana-maria.roxin AT u-bourgogne.fr


LDAC COMMITTEE

REGISTRATION

The workshop is free (no registration fee). Lunch and coffee are provided by the organization. Dinners are on your own expenses, but we will make a group reservation in a nice restaurant for those interested.

Register: https://goo.gl/forms/dzNbgsJo0k5SblVk1
Registration deadline: October 20, 2017.

VENUE

i3m building

The event will be held the University of Burgundy, more specifically at the I3M building located next to the Regional Innovation House, 64A Rue Sully, 21000 Dijon, France. The best way to get there from the city center is by tramway: take tramway number 1 (T1) and get down at the station called MAZEN SULLY (please see the Google Maps link below).

TRAVEL

You can connect to three main airports in the area:

Whatever airport you choose, you can use the following website to check available trains to Dijon: http://www.voyages-sncf.com. Notably, there is one direct train from Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport to Dijon each day at 19h58 (look up in www.voyages-sncf.com). From Dijon to Paris Charles De Gaulle, there is also only one train per day, leaving at 07h06 in the morning.

When travelling through Paris, the best option to reach Dijon is to take the TGV from Gare de Lyon (train station). You have 2 options for travelling from Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport (Terminal 2) to Gare de Lyon:

  • Option 1:
    • RER B from Aéroport de Roissy Aérogare 2 to Gare du Nord
    • RER D from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon
    details in www.ratp.fr
  • Option 2:
    • take the Roissybus until the end (Opera)
    • then take Metro 7 from Opera to Pyramides
    • then take Metro 14 from Pyramides to Gare de Lyon
    details in www.ratp.fr

ACCOMMODATION

We advise you the following hotel: Ibis Dijon Centre Clemenceau Hotel. It is best located, as you are very close to the tramway station AUDITORIUM, which puts you only 10min away from the workshop venue by tramway (Tram nr. 1). This hotel is also very close to the Dijon town center, in case you want to visit the city, and join us for social events.

Alternatively, you can book a room in the International House, which is in walking distance of the venue. In that case, please contact mi AT residences-ose.com with a booking inquiry; include ana-maria.roxin AT u-bourgogne.fr in CC; and mention that you are coming for the LDAC event.

Other hotels are available in the same area as well. Alternatively, you could book one of the hotels near to the REPUBLIQUE tramway station.