[en] In this paper, we presented the Towntology project whose objective is to design an ontology in the urban field. This project is divided into several stages. Concerning the prime main objective of the Towntology project, i.e. to build an ontology for urban planning by integrating all urban objects with their descriptions and relations, we began to deal with some fields, such as street planning and mobility. We also developed a software tool making it possible to urban planners to work on a semantic network. Thus we built a visual browser and an ontology editor. An extension of XML is designed and used for the description of the ontology.
Research center :
LEPUR
Disciplines :
Architecture
Author, co-author :
Teller, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur TLU+C > Urbanisme et aménagement du territoire
Keita, Abdelkader
Roussey, Catherine
Laurini, Robert
Language :
English
Title :
Urban Ontologies for an improved communication in urban civil engineering projects
Alternative titles :
[fr] Les ontologies urbaines: pour une amélioration de la communication dans les projets d'urbanisme
Publication date :
2007
Journal title :
Cybergeo: Revue Européenne de Géographie
eISSN :
1278-3366
Publisher :
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
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