Semantic Construction Product Data Community Group

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

Homepage

Homepage/Blog

Shortname

semantic-construction

Participation

Leadership

Chairs

• Erben SAMILOGLU

Links

 Mailing List

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