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This paper explores the use of the Semantic Web to address two major problems facing transportation agencies: the management of increasingly larger pools of information and the lack of interoperability between software agents used to manage subsets of that information. An ontology was created describing information related to bridges following basic principles of ontology and software engineering. The ontology employed a modular structure intended to facilitate interoperability and reuse. The ontology was evaluated through Use Cases based on data and applications obtained from the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). It was found that the implementation of the bridge ontology would result in significant benefits over traditional search and storage methods based on the case studies that were analyzed.

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07-1549

English

14p

2007

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

Figures (3) ; References (53)

Bridge management systems; Bridges; Information management; Information processing; Information technology; Interoperability; Management; Software; Software packages

Ontologies (Computer science)

Kansas

Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-1549

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2007 6:10PM