Semantisation of Rules for Automated Compliance Checking
Abstract
The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is subject to numerous regulations and standards that govern the design, construction, and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure. These regulations often involve complex language and technical jargon, which can be difficult to understand and apply in practice. Semantisation, or the process of transforming natural language into machine-readable data with explicit meaning, can address this challenge by creating structured representations of regulations that can be exchanged and processed by computers. This can enable automated compliance checking, facilitate communication between stakeholders, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of regulatory enforcement.