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

Table 2

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

Property	Cardinality	Value type	Range
Properties in <Space> class
Space type	{1 : 1}	Instance	Space type
Space super type	{1 : 1}	Instance	Space super type
Open hour	{1 : 1}	Float	Positive
Space number	{1 : 1}	Integer	Positive
Subunit number	{1 : 1}	Integer	Positive
Subunit area	{1 : 1}	Float	Positive
Sound insulation degree	{1 : 1}	Integer	Positive
Designation	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Inaccessible user	{0 : }	Instance	User
Properties in Flexible space
Connected HT	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Properties in <Whole room use> class
Whole room use name	{1 : 1}	String	\
Visual privacy	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Furniture rearrangement	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Other space features	{0 : }	Instance	Feature
Properties in <Equipment use> class
Equipment use name	{1 : 1}	String	\
Equipment name	{1 : 1}	String	\
Equipment number	{1 : 1}	Integer	Positive
Equipment area	{1 : 1}	Float	Positive
Equipment visual privacy	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Equipment rearrangement	{1 : 1}	Boolean	True, false
Equipment other features	{0 : }	Instance	Feature