IFCOWL

IFC in OWL for semantic web.

Definition

ifcOWL converts the IFC EXPRESS schema into an OWL/RDF ontology. Turtle, N-Triples, JSON-LD serialisations. Use cases: SPARQL queries on a model to automatically extract metrics and bills of quantities, regulatory compliance reasoning, integration with ifcBOT (Linked Building Data).

Origin

ifcOWL v0.5 published 2014 by buildingSMART Linked Data WG ; ifcOWL 4x ADD1 published 2016.

Example in context

A university loads a hospital ifcOWL into GraphDB ; SPARQL query returns all 90-min fire doors with their adjacent rooms.

Related terms

• BIM IFC — source standard.