Inproceedings,
Towards the semantics of digital shapes: the AIM@SHAPE approach
European Workshop on the Integration of Knowledge, Semantic and Digital Media Technologies, Royal Statistical Society, London, IEE, (November 2004)
Abstract
In this paper we survey the problems and solutions for the construction of a semantic web infrastructure providing services to acquire, build, store, transmit, and process shapes together with their associated knowledge, as proposed in the research programme of the Network of Excellence AIM@SHAPE. The shift towards semantically capable digital representations of shapes can be achieved only in a truly multi-disciplinary environment where the effort is focused on putting an entirely new perspective on the whole modeling process of digital shapes, trying to understand where and how the semantics can be encapsulated in their digital representation. The re-design of the digital shape life cycle has to be carried out in parallel with the formalization of shape knowledge using a standardized framework as the one offered by Knowledge Technologies, in particular the use of ontologies for the conceptualization of domains and for setting up a proper basis to address semantic mapping across domains.
