Data transformations in custom digital workflows: Property graphs as a data model for user-defined mappings

Data transformations in custom digital workflows: Property graphs as a data model for user-defined mappings

Janssen, P.
Stouffs, R.M.F.
Chaszar, A.T.
Boeykens, S.
Toth, B.

Architecture and The Built Environment

Architectural Engineering +Technology

2012-07-04

This paper describes the use of property graphs for mapping data between AEC software tools, which are not linked by common data formats and/or other interoperability measures. The intention of introducing this in practice, education and research is to facilitate the use of diverse, non-integrated design and analysis applications by a variety of users who need to create customised digital workflows, including those who are not expert programmers. Data model types are examined by way of supporting the choice of directed, attributed, multi-relational graphs for such data transformation tasks. A brief exemplar design scenario is also presented to illustrate the concepts and methods proposed, and conclusions are drawn regarding the feasibility of this approach and directions for further research.

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EG-ICE

978-1-63439-548-9

Proceedings of the 19th EG-ICE International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering 2012, Munich, Germany, 4-6 July 2012; Authors version

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