The foundation for cooperative services in engineering buildings — The common ontology for architectural and urban data repository modeling

Particular domain expertise in engineering and scientific fields has emerged demanding more advanced skills and deeper domain knowledge than just a few years ago. That is why computer supported cooperative work is the challenging discipline that drives the development process of contemporary and future engineering methods, standards and tools. The essential role of Architectural Design (AD) and Urban Planning (UP) is to enable forward looking approach to the building facility, while Construction Engineering (CE) expresses its routine through the transformation of abstract ideas to usable urban artifacts. Currently available software tools, supporting AD, UP and CE domains are far from being simple and ultimately demand advanced skills development. In order to facilitate service oriented architecture (SOA) support for AD, UP and CE cooperation, it is essential to design an interoperability environment that enables lean development support. In this article we discuss the ontology aspects of SOA support over common data repository. According to the AD, UP and CE domain analysis we purpose the Common Ontology for Architectural and Urban Data Repository Modeling that may serve as a n SOA building foundation.