ABSTRACT
This paper deals with the Semantic Interoperability layer and the need to share information in a common vocabulary of terms and relations. To this end, the e-NVISION ontology has been defined (e-NVISION 2008a). Our goal has been to develop a construction e-Business ontology covering the concepts and relations needed to implement the following four e-Business scenarios for the construction sector:
– The e-Tendering scenario tries to enhance SMEs participation in calls for tenders (e.g. as a group of SMEs or as a Virtual Enterprise) on equal footing compared to bigger tenderers, reducing the work needed to analyse paper propositions, in an open and transparent world-wide electronic market, with mechanisms to look for partners internationally, and supported by trust and quality external organizations.
