Ontology-Based Representations of User Activity and Flexible Space Information: Towards an Automated Space-Use Analysis in Buildings

Table 1

Properties and Facets of the <Spatial requirement>, <Whole room use requirement>, and <Equipment use requirement> classes.

Property	Cardinality	Value type	Range
Properties in <Spatial requirement> class
Requirements name	{1 : 1}	String	\
Space type	{0 : }	Instance	Space type
Space super-type	{0 : }	Instance	Space super type
Designation	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Sound insulation degree	{1 : 1}	Interval	≤39 dB, 40–44 dB, 45–49 dB, 50–54 dB, ≥55 dB
Allowing flexible space	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Properties in <Whole room use requirement> class
Space number	{0 : 1}	Integer	Positive
Space minimum area	{0 : 1}	Float	Positive
Visual privacy	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Furniture rearrangement	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Other space features	{0 : }	Instance	Feature
Properties in <Equipment use requirement> class
Equipment name	{0 : }	Instance	Equipment
Equipment number	{0 : 1}	Integer	Positive
Equipment minimum area	{0 : 1}	Float	Positive
Equipment visual privacy	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Equipment rearrangement	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Equipment other features	{0 : }	Instance	Feature