The quest to automate compliance checking processes needed for planning, design,
construction and operations has been an active research topic for half a century. Literature …

Ontology-driven systems with reasoning capabilities in the legal field are now better
understood. Legal concepts are not discrete, but make up a dynamic continuum between …

This chapter aims to collocate Akoma Ntoso into the historical scenario of the legal XML
schemas and to define the pillars of the Akoma Ntoso architecture. Second goal is to present …

The ingredients for an effective automated audit of a building design include a building
model containing the design information, a computerised regulatory knowledge model, and …

Legal text is typically conveyed in natural language and thus not readily suitable for
computer processing. Numerous work-around approaches have been proposed by …

The effectiveness of document Information Extraction (IE) is greatly affected by the structure
and layout of the documents being considered. In the case of legal documents relating to …

This paper describes the construction of the LOTED2 ontology for the representation of
European public procurement notices. LOTED2 follows initiatives around the creation of …

This paper introduces an integrative and comprehensive method for the linguistic annotation
of parliamentary discourse. Initially conceived as documentation for a specific and small …

The dynamicity of the law enables legislative texts to adapt to changes in society, as well as
to correct iniquities and to effectively set out rights and duties. In the Web 2.0 era, an …

The ingredients for an effective automated audit of a building design include a BIM model
containing the design information, an electronic regulatory knowledge model, and a …