The Building Topology Ontology (BOT)

URI: https://w3id.org/bot#
Creator(s): Maxime Lefrançois
Pieter Pauwels
Georg Ferdinand Schneider
Mads Holten Rasmussen
Georg Ferdinand Schneider
Mads Holten Rasmussen
Maxime Lefrançois
Pieter Pauwels
Contributor(s): Ali Kücükavci
All contributing members of the W3C Linked Building Data Community Group
Ana Roxin
Edison Chung
Gonçal Costa
Hervé Pruvost
Jyrki Oraskari
Karl Hammar
Katja Breitenfelder
Lars Wikström
María Poveda-Villalón
Mathias Bonduel
Pouya Zangeneh
Richard Pinka
Rui Ma
Rui de Klerk
Sjoerd Rongen
Ville Kukkonen
Walter Terkaj
Modified: 2020-07-31T08:51:00
Issued: 2018-06-21T12:00:00
Version Information: 0.3.2
Version URI: https://w3id.org/bot-0.3.2
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/
Ontology RDF: RDF (turtle)

Description

The Building Topology Ontology (BOT) is a simple ontology defining the core concepts of a building. It is a simple, easy to extend ontology for the construction industry to document and exchange building data on the web. Changes since version 0.2.0 of the ontology are documented in: https://w3id.org/bot/bot.html#changes The version 0.2.0 of the ontology is documented in: Mads Holten Rasmussen, Pieter Pauwels, Maxime Lefrançois, Georg Ferdinand Schneider, Christian Anker Hviid and Jan Karlshøj (2017) Recent changes in the Building Topology Ontology, 5th Linked Data in Architecture and Construction Workshop (LDAC2017), November 13-15, 2017, Dijon, France, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320631574_Recent_changes_in_the_Building_Topology_Ontology The initial version 0.1.0 of the ontology was documented in: Mads Holten Rasmussen, Pieter Pauwels, Christian Anker Hviid and Jan Karlshøj (2017) Proposing a Central AEC Ontology That Allows for Domain Specific Extensions, Lean and Computing in Construction Congress (LC3): Volume I – Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Computing in Construction (JC3), July 4-7, 2017, Heraklion, Greece, pp. 237-244 https://doi.org/10.24928/JC3-2017/0153

Classes ↑

voaf:Vocabulary
Building
Building element
Interface
Site
Space
Storey
Zone

Vocabulary^c # Classes

URI	`http://purl.org/vocommons/voaf#Vocabulary`
Members	bot:

Building^c # Classes

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#Building`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	An independent unit of the built environment with a characteristic spatial structure, intended to serve at least one function or user activity [ISO 12006-2:2013]. A bot:Building is a part of the physical world or a virtual world that is inherently both located in this world and having a 3D spatial extent, is contained in a building site, and can contain one or more storeys that are vertically connected.
Super-classes	Zone^c
In domainIncludes of	contains zone^op has storey^op adjacent zone^op intersects zone^op
In range of	has building^op
In rangeIncludes of	adjacent zone^op intersects zone^op contains zone^op

Building element^c # Classes

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#Element`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Constituent of a construction entity with a characteristic technical function, form or position [ISO 12006-2:2015, 3.4.7]
In domain of	has sub-element^op hosts element^op
In domainIncludes of	has simple 3D model^dp has 3D model^op
In range of	has element^op has sub-element^op hosts element^op

Interface^c # Classes

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#Interface`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	A generic concept to qualify the relationship of two or more things in the world, where at least one is a building element or zone. Examples: - Qualification of heat transmission between zones through one or more building elements. This includes one-dimensional (surface) heat losses from one zone to another through a single building element, a two dimensional (line) loss from one zone to another through the connection in which the two elements meet or a three dimensional (point) loss from one zone to another through the connection where three elements (typically two walls and a slab) meet. - Connection of an electric device to the electric system of a building. - A door between one room and another.
In domain of	interface of^op

Site^c # Classes

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#Site`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	A part of the physical world or a virtual world that is inherently both located in this world and having a 3D spatial extent. It is intended to contain or contains one or more buildings.
Super-classes	Zone^c
In domain of	has zero point^op
In domainIncludes of	contains zone^op has building^op adjacent zone^op intersects zone^op
In rangeIncludes of	adjacent zone^op intersects zone^op contains zone^op

Space^c # Classes

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#Space`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	A part of the physical world or a virtual world whose 3D spatial extent is bounded actually or theoretically, and provides for certain functions within the zone it is contained in.
Super-classes	Zone^c
In domainIncludes of	adjacent zone^op intersects zone^op contains zone^op
In range of	has space^op
In rangeIncludes of	contains zone^op adjacent zone^op intersects zone^op

Storey^c # Classes

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#Storey`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	A part of the physical world or a virtual world that is inherently both located in this world and having a 3D spatial extent. A bot:Storey is contained in one or more buildings, and is intended to contain one or more spaces that are horizontally connected. Storeys of a building are connected by means of vertical connections such as elevators and stairs. A bot:Storey encompasses both zones above and below ground, for example, a building with 21 floors above ground, one ground floor and 3 basements is equal to the sentence: A building has 25 instances of bot:Storey.
Super-classes	Zone^c
In domainIncludes of	adjacent zone^op intersects zone^op contains zone^op has space^op
In range of	has storey^op
In rangeIncludes of	adjacent zone^op intersects zone^op contains zone^op

Zone^c # Classes

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#Zone`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	A part of the physical world or a virtual world that is inherently both located in this world and has a 3D spatial extent; Sub-classes of bot:Zone include bot:Site, bot:Building, bot:Storey, or bot:Space. An instance of bot:Zone can contain other bot:Zone instances, making it possible to group or subdivide zones. An instance of bot:Zone can be adjacent to or intersecting other bot:Zone instances. Finally, a bot:Zone can instantiate three relations to bot:Element, which are either contained in (bot:containsElement), adjacent to it (bot:adjacentElement) or intersecting (bot:intersectingElement).
Sub-classes	Storey^c Space^c Site^c Building^c
In domain of	has element^op contains zone^op has space^op has storey^op has building^op adjacent zone^op intersects zone^op
In domainIncludes of	has simple 3D model^dp has 3D model^op
In range of	contains zone^op adjacent zone^op intersects zone^op

Object Properties ↑

adjacent element
adjacent zone
aggregates
contains element
contains zone
has 3D model
has building
has element
has space
has storey
has sub-element
has zero point
hosts element
interface of
intersecting element
intersects zone

adjacent element^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#adjacentElement`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relation between a zone and its adjacent building elements, bounding the zone.
Super-properties	has element^op

adjacent zone^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#adjacentZone`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relationship between two zones that share a common interface, but do not intersect.
Domain(s)	Zone^c (sdo:domainIncludes) Storey^c Space^c Building^c Site^c
Range(s)	bot:Zone^c (sdo:rangeIncludes) Building^c Site^c Storey^c Space^c

aggregates^op # OPs

URI https://w3id.org/bot#aggregates

Description

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#aggregates`
Description	This property is DEPRECATED, use bot:hasSubElement instead // ORIGINAL definition: Links an aggregate (a cluster of elements that can be treated as a single unit) to its sub-elements. For example an Air Handling Unit aggregates, among other elements, a fan and a filter. Example of how to use bot:aggregates in a product ontology: `product:Fan rdfs:subClassOf bot:Element . product:Filter rdfs:subClassOf bot:Element . product:hasFan rdfs:subPropertyOf bot:aggregates ; rdfs:range product:Fan . product:hasFilter rdfs:subPropertyOf product:aggregates ; rdfs:range product:Filter . product:AirHandlingUnit rdfs:subClassOf bot:Element ; rdfs:subClassOf [ owl:onProperty product:hasFan ; owl:someValuesFrom product:Fan ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ owl:onProperty product:hasFilter ; owl:someValuesFrom product:Filter ] .`

This property is DEPRECATED, use bot:hasSubElement instead // ORIGINAL definition: Links an aggregate (a cluster of elements that can be treated as a single unit) to its sub-elements. For example an Air Handling Unit aggregates, among other elements, a fan and a filter.

Example of how to use bot:aggregates in a product ontology: product:Fan rdfs:subClassOf bot:Element . product:Filter rdfs:subClassOf bot:Element . product:hasFan rdfs:subPropertyOf bot:aggregates ; rdfs:range product:Fan . product:hasFilter rdfs:subPropertyOf product:aggregates ; rdfs:range product:Filter . product:AirHandlingUnit rdfs:subClassOf bot:Element ; rdfs:subClassOf [ owl:onProperty product:hasFan ; owl:someValuesFrom product:Fan ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ owl:onProperty product:hasFilter ; owl:someValuesFrom product:Filter ] .

contains element^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#containsElement`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relation to a building element contained in a zone.
Super-properties	has element^op

contains zone^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#containsZone`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relationship to the subzones of a major zone. A space zone could for instance be contained in a storey zone which is further contained in a building zone. bot:containsZone is a transitive property. This implies that in the previous example a bot:containsZone relationship holds between the space zone and the building zone.
Domain(s)	Zone^c (sdo:domainIncludes) Building^c Site^c Storey^c Space^c
Range(s)	bot:Zone^c (sdo:rangeIncludes) Space^c Building^c Site^c Storey^c

has 3D model^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#has3DModel`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Links any bot:Zone or bot:Element to a IRI that identifies its 3D Model. This 3D Model can then be described using some dedicated RDF vocabulary. Else, the 3D Model IRI could be dereferenceable, and when looking up the IRI one could retrieve a representation of the 3D Model with some existing data format for 3D models.
Domain(s)	(sdo:domainIncludes) Building element^c Zone^c

has building^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#hasBuilding`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relation to buildings contained in a zone. The typical domains of bot:hasBuilding are instances of bot:Site.
Super-properties	contains zone^op
Domain(s)	Zone^c (sdo:domainIncludes) Site^c
Range(s)	bot:Building^c

has element^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#hasElement`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Links a Zone to an Element that is either contained in, adjacent to or intersecting with the Zone. The intended use of this relationship is not to be stated explicitly, but to be inferred from its sub-properties. It will, for example, allow one to query for all the doors of a building given that they have an adjacency to spaces of the building.
Domain(s)	Zone^c
Range(s)	bot:Element^c

has space^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#hasSpace`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relation to spaces contained in a zone. The typical domains of bot:hasSpace are instances of bot:Storey or bot:Building.
Super-properties	contains zone^op
Domain(s)	Zone^c (sdo:domainIncludes) Storey^c
Range(s)	bot:Space^c

has storey^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#hasStorey`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relation to storeys contained in a zone. The typical domains of bot:hasStorey are instances of bot:Building.
Super-properties	contains zone^op
Domain(s)	Zone^c (sdo:domainIncludes) Building^c
Range(s)	bot:Storey^c

has sub-element^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#hasSubElement`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relation between two building elements, either one element hosting another (e.g. a wall hosts a window) or a subcomposition of a building element into smaller parts (e.g. an air handling unit has as a part a fan).
Domain(s)	Building element^c
Range(s)	bot:Element^c

has zero point^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#hasZeroPoint`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Links a bot:Site to an instance that encodes the latitude and longitude of the Zero Point of the building site. This could be an instance of a wgs84:Point. The definition of GIS and geometry is not within the scope of BOT and an appropriate ontology needs to be selected here by the user. The use of this property is potentially ambiguous and it might be removed or revised in future editions of the ontology.
Domain(s)	Site^c

hosts element^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#hostsElement`
Description	This property is DEPRECATED, use bot:hasSubElement instead // ORIGINAL definition: Relation between an element a) and another element b) hosted by element a). Example: inst:wall bot:hostsElement inst:window
Domain(s)	Building element^c
Range(s)	bot:Element^c

interface of^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#interfaceOf`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relationship between an interface and another thing (building zone, element or owl:Thing)
Domain(s)	Interface^c

intersecting element^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#intersectingElement`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relation between a Zone and a building Element that intersects it.
Super-properties	has element^op

intersects zone^op # OPs

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#intersectsZone`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Relationship between two zones whose 3D extent intersect. For example, a stairwell intersects different storeys.
Domain(s)	Zone^c (sdo:domainIncludes) Storey^c Space^c Building^c Site^c
Range(s)	bot:Zone^c (sdo:rangeIncludes) Building^c Site^c Storey^c Space^c

URI	`https://w3id.org/bot#hasSimple3DModel`
Is Defined By	https://w3id.org/bot#
Description	Links any bot:Zone or bot:Element to a 3D Model encoded as a literal.
Domain(s)	(sdo:domainIncludes) Zone^c Building element^c

contributor^ap # APs

URI	`http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor`

creator^ap # APs

URI	`http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator`

description^ap # APs

URI	`http://purl.org/dc/terms/description`

issued^ap # APs

URI	`http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued`

license^ap # APs

URI	`http://purl.org/dc/terms/license`

modified^ap # APs

URI	`http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified`

title^ap # APs

URI	`http://purl.org/dc/terms/title`

preferredNamespacePrefix^ap # APs

URI	`http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespacePrefix`

preferredNamespaceUri^ap # APs

URI	`http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespaceUri`

term_status^ap # APs

URI	`http://www.w3.org/2003/06/sw-vocab-status/ns#term_status`

fn^ap # APs

URI	`http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#fn`

domainIncludes^ap # APs

URI	`https://schema.org/domainIncludes`

name^ap # APs

URI	`https://schema.org/name`

rangeIncludes^ap # APs

URI	`https://schema.org/rangeIncludes`

Namespaces ↑

default (bot): https://w3id.org/bot#
dbo: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/
dce: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
owl: http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
prov: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#
rdf: http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
sdo: https://schema.org/
skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
vann: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/
vcard: http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#
voaf: http://purl.org/vocommons/voaf#
vs: http://www.w3.org/2003/06/sw-vocab-status/ns#
xsd: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

^c	Classes
^op	Object Properties
^fp	Functional Properties
^dp	Data Properties
^dp	Annotation Properties
^p	Properties
ⁿⁱ	Named Individuals

The Building Topology Ontology (BOT)

Metadata

Description

Table of Contents

Overview

Classes ↑

Vocabularyc # Classes

Buildingc # Classes

Building elementc # Classes

Interfacec # Classes

Sitec # Classes

Spacec # Classes

Storeyc # Classes

Zonec # Classes

Object Properties ↑

adjacent elementop # OPs

adjacent zoneop # OPs

aggregatesop # OPs

contains elementop # OPs

contains zoneop # OPs

has 3D modelop # OPs

has buildingop # OPs

has elementop # OPs

has spaceop # OPs

has storeyop # OPs

has sub-elementop # OPs

has zero pointop # OPs

hosts elementop # OPs

interface ofop # OPs

intersecting elementop # OPs

intersects zoneop # OPs

Datatype Properties ↑

has simple 3D modeldp # DPs

Annotation Properties ↑

contributorap # APs

creatorap # APs

descriptionap # APs

issuedap # APs

licenseap # APs

modifiedap # APs

titleap # APs

preferredNamespacePrefixap # APs

preferredNamespaceUriap # APs

term_statusap # APs

fnap # APs

domainIncludesap # APs

nameap # APs

rangeIncludesap # APs

Namespaces ↑

Legend

Vocabulary^c # Classes

Building^c # Classes

Building element^c # Classes

Interface^c # Classes

Site^c # Classes

Space^c # Classes

Storey^c # Classes

Zone^c # Classes

adjacent element^op # OPs

adjacent zone^op # OPs

aggregates^op # OPs

contains element^op # OPs

contains zone^op # OPs

has 3D model^op # OPs

has building^op # OPs

has element^op # OPs

has space^op # OPs

has storey^op # OPs

has sub-element^op # OPs

has zero point^op # OPs

hosts element^op # OPs

interface of^op # OPs

intersecting element^op # OPs

intersects zone^op # OPs

has simple 3D model^dp # DPs

contributor^ap # APs

creator^ap # APs

description^ap # APs

issued^ap # APs

license^ap # APs

modified^ap # APs

title^ap # APs

preferredNamespacePrefix^ap # APs

preferredNamespaceUri^ap # APs

term_status^ap # APs

fn^ap # APs

domainIncludes^ap # APs

name^ap # APs

rangeIncludes^ap # APs