Proposed Group: Semantic Construction Product Data Community Group [via Community and Business Groups]

The Semantic Construction Product Data Community Group has been proposed by Baran Bacak:






Product information in the construction industry today is highly fragmented—scattered across Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), BIM models (e.g., IFC), Product Data Templates (PDTs), CE markings, technical sheets, and sustainability labels. To support new regulatory and digital demands, this group seeks to develop shared ontologies and linked data patterns that unify such fragmented data.

The mission of this Community Group is therefore to define, structure, and promote future open semantic standards for digital construction product data, enabling interoperability, transparency, and automation across the construction sector.

Objectives


Develop shared ontologies and data models (using OWL/RDF) for construction products
Align with existing classification systems and standards such as IFC, eClass, CEN/ISO
Create SHACL-based validation patterns for scenarios such as EPD compliance or CPR alignment
Provide guidance for data providers via reference implementations and example datasets
Enable use cases tied to DPPs, sustainability reporting, lifecycle analysis, and public procurement


Participation

The group welcomes in particular participants with these interests and skills:


Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals
Semantic web and knowledge graph developers
Standards bodies and regulatory authorities
Open data and digital transformation advocates
Researchers working in BIM, LCA, EPDs, DPPs, and related fields


Deliverables


Construction product ontology and linked data vocabulary
SHACL validation patterns for compliance and reasoning
Mappings to existing industrial standards (e.g., IFC, ISO 23386, ISO 22057)
Use-case guides, RDF example datasets, and reference implementations
Summary report or W3C Community Gropu Report







 You are invited to support the creation of this group.
 Once the group has a total of 5 supporters, it will be launched and people can join to begin work. In order to support the group, you will need a W3C account.




Once launched, the group will no longer be listed as "proposed"; it will be in the list of current groups.




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Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team



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