Abstract
The Internet-driven world we now live in has profound implications for every aspect of our personal and professional lives. Over the past two decades or so, an enormous amount of information has been made accessible over the Internet, thanks to advanced search and retrieval technologies. Over the last five years 1200 Exabyte’s (1 Exabyte – 1 billion Gigabyte) of data have been put online. As a result, an increasing amount of professional work within the domain of sustainable design and construction is becoming dependent on retrieving regulatory and advisory information over the web quickly. Designers and builders are finding it increasingly difficult to identify this information and assimilate them in their activities. Generic search engines like Google do not retrieve relevant information for domain-specific needs in a focussed manner. Therefore, there is a need for developing smarter domain-specific search and retrieval technologies under an information management framework. This paper presents a web-based information search and retrieval application which employs domain specific ontology to identify (in particular) relevant energy performance building regulations. The paper will focus on our development of a customised, domain specific web search platform providing information on (i) the choice of technologies used within this research and the basic construction of the search application, (ii) the construction of the domain dependant ontology which is used to enhance search results, (iii) initial observations relating to ongoing experiments. Our proposed framework is being developed in collaboration with a Scottish City Council’s building control department who are actively validating the value of our approach in their daily activity of checking and approving designs for construction.
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