Web services enhanced interoperable construction products catalogue

Kong, S.C.W., Li, H., Hung, Y.L.T., Anumba, C. and Chen, Z. (2005) Web services enhanced interoperable construction products catalogue. Automation in Construction, 14 (3). pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2004.08.008

Abstract/Summary

This paper presents a new approach to achieving interoperability between Web-based construction products catalogues. It first introduces the current development of electronic catalogues of construction products. The common system architecture of Web-based electronic products catalogues is discussed, which is followed by a discussion on construction products information standardization and the latest distributed-systems technologies for the communication and exchange of construction products information. The latter part of this paper presents a model of interoperable Web-based construction products catalogue and an implementation of Web services in E-commerce systems to enable the sharing of construction products information.