Re: Ontologies for real estate?

...As a specific introduction, see the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) 
facilitating data interoperability in the AEC industry, 
http://www.buildingsmart.com/bim. It's an open and common format for 
Facility Information Modeling and Building Information Modeling (or Virtual 
Building Environment). Using now 5D modeling software, the BIM  includes 
geometry, design data, spatial relationships, geographic information, 
infrastructure data, quantities and properties of all real estate/building 
elements. The IFC ontology is well written here, 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_Foundation_Classes#cite_note-IAI_International-0
For the terminology/vocabulary/glossary, one needs just visit any good real 
estate website.
Azamat
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sampo Syreeni" <decoy@iki.fi>
To: "AzamatAbdoullaev" <abdoul@cytanet.com.cy>
Cc: "Brandon Schwartz" <brandon@boomajoom.com>; <semantic-web@w3.org>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: Ontologies for real estate?


> On 2011-01-14, AzamatAbdoullaev wrote:
>
>> As a general introduction, see B. Smith's "The Metaphysics of Real 
>> Estate", [...]
>
> I'd rather say, go with the very basics of it and brew your own. No common 
> ontology for that exists. Existing geolocation vocabularies can be used 
> for where things *are*. Streets and thoroughfares can be inferred from 
> them when properly tagged. So can houses, given their geometry. Then, just 
> tag them with their zoning status, current esimated/real value, and their 
> "content" as a housing unit. The last part requires you to put up yet 
> another vocabulary -- but it's dead simple in the Semantic Web. Just Do 
> It. ;)
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