Abstract:
The construction sector depends on a broad
variety of information from very different sources. Especially
when constructing bridges, huge experience, and extensive
knowledge is important. Knowledge Management (KM) is the
key to share explicit and tacit knowledge in the bridge
construction. As an initiation for the KM, an ontology for bridge
maintenance was developed. As the first step bridge
maintenance related data were collected. Then taxonomy was
developed. As a next step, the bridge maintenance ontology was
developed using Protégé OWL Ontology Editor. Finally, the
modeled ontology was evaluated using tools and ontology
experts. We strongly believe that our novel approach to bridge
maintenance ontology can support all the actors on the
construction site and as well as students and researchers.
