Talk at SEMANTiCS 2017 www.semantics.cc

1. THYMO VAN DEN BRUG | RENE WUBBELS | 12-09-2017
ProRail | SEMANTiCS 2017
CollaborativeCollaborativeCollaborativeCollaborative |||| DataDataDataData drivendrivendrivendriven
Engineering | Construction | Asset ManagementEngineering | Construction | Asset ManagementEngineering | Construction | Asset ManagementEngineering | Construction | Asset Management

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THYMO VAN DEN BRUG | RENE WUBBELS | 12-09-2017
ProRail | SEMANTiCS 2017
INTRO BIM A IIS USE CASE
RAALTE
APPEAL AND
DISCUSSION
COINS

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INTRO BIM USE CASE
RAALTE
APPEAL AND
DISCUSSION
COINSINTRO

4. Introduction speakers
Program manager BIM | semantic asset management evangelist
Thymo van den Brug is program manager BIM at ProRail Asset Management. His goal
is to create excellent data with railpartners (Engineering Companies, Contractors, etc.)
to become the World Class Asset manager. To transform the rail industry in the
Netherlands his team is creating a new digital world based on (open) standards. In his
job he loves to create new ways of working, to make happier employees and better
data.
thymo.vandenbrug@prorail.nl
Business information analist | member of the COINS technical management group
Rene is a business information analist at ProRail’s IT department. His focus is (semantic)
standards for information modelling and information exchange and the systems
engineering method. Rene participates in the initiatives of the Building Information
Council (Dutch: Bouw Informatie Raad). His goal is a seamless information exchange
between (public) asset owner and (private) contractors especially in the engineering
and construction phase in the lifecycle of an object.
rene.wubbels@prorail.nlRene Wubbels
Thymo van den Brug

5. What we do
ManagingManagingManagingManaging
stations
InformingInformingInformingInforming
operators
ControllingControllingControllingControlling
all rail traffic
AllocatingAllocatingAllocatingAllocating
the space on the track
MaintainingMaintainingMaintainingMaintaining
existing rail network
ConstructionConstructionConstructionConstruction
laying new track,
building new stations
Introduction ProRail

6. Infrastructure
12.09312.09312.09312.093
signals
7.219 km7.219 km7.219 km7.219 km
of track
56565656
bridges
15151515
tunnels
7.0067.0067.0067.006
switches
2.3682.3682.3682.368
railroad
crossings
404404404404
stations
3.434 km3.434 km3.434 km3.434 km
network
lenght
Introduction ProRail

7. Engineering & construction
Infra projects Collaboration platform Asset Information
Managing InformationInformation supplyData integration & review
BIM as a way of working

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INTRO BIM A IIS USE CASE
RAALTE
APPEAL AND
DISCUSSION
COINSBIM

9. BIM Characteristics
Characteristics of BIM from an information management perspective
• Sharing of information across organisational boundaries
• Interoperability
Definition: the ability of organisations (and their processes and systems) to share
information with their environment effectively and efficient.
• Integration
• Assumption: The more integrated the better (better information, less costs)
Definition: Standardisation of data/information structures and -definitions through the
use of the same conceptual model by different data/information sources.

10. Levels of standardisation
Level 0: Non standardisation
• agreements on an infra projectlevel; bilateral
• 250 infra projects each year
• many transformations
Level 1: Exchange standards
• agreements on a industry level; e.g. COINS
• use of libraries (reuse of information/knowledge); e.g. OTL Spoor
• less transformations
Level 2: Shared conceptual schema
• agreements on an industry level
• no transformations
Our ambition:
from level 0 level 1

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INTRO BIM USE CASE
RAALTE
APPEAL AND
DISCUSSION
COINSCOINS

12. COINS
Constructive Objects and the INtegration of processes and Systems
ISO (new working item): Information Container for Data Drop (ICDD)
• Container (Information Container)
• Semantic model (RDF / OWL)

13. COINS Container a .CCR file
ZIP file with standardised structure
BIM folder
• (project) data file
• Repository folder
• semantic models (e.g. COINS core)
DOC folder
• All kinds of documents
WOA folder
• (never used in practice)

14. COINS Core (UML representation)
http://www.coinsweb.nl/wiki2/index.php/Coins_2.0_Core_Model

15. COINS Core characteristics
• Generic (scope: Dutch Engineering and Construction Industry)
• Extension of the OWL Ontology Structure
• Closed World Assumption (CWA)
• Cardinality Restriction
• Domain Range property
• Unique Naming Assumption (UNA)
• Functional property

16. COINS Core a few extensions available
• Object Type Libraries
• e.g. OTL RWS (Rijkswaterstaat, Dutch Road authority)
• e.g. OTL Spoor (under construction)
• Reference Frameworks
• e.g. RF Systems Engineering (under construction)

17. COINS Support in its early stages / a small COINS community
• COINS software support
• COINS API (COINS container creation)
• COINS Validator (Schema and data validation)
• COINS Navigator (primarily a demonstration tool)
• COINS WIKI and Documentation
• COINS Governance
• BIM loket (Management and support organisation)
• TMG COINS (Development organisation)

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INTRO BIM USE CASE
RAALTE
APPEAL AND
DISCUSSION
COINS
USE CASE
RAALTE

19. Use Case participants
Engineering company
IT company
Construction company
Dutch Rail authority

20. Use Case Raalte
“Ganzeboomlaan”
Level crossing 18.2Level crossing 18.2Level crossing 18.2Level crossing 18.2
“Level crossing 18.2 to be replaced by
under crossing”
ProRail schematic
representation
“safety in rural eara”
Use Case Raalte
“Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i
x1S5kkbyk”
Level crossing 18.2Level crossing 18.2Level crossing 18.2Level crossing 18.2

21. Exchanged Projectdata (instances)
• Level crossing 18.2 “Ganzeboomlaan”
• Departure sign 128
• Signal 128
• Single switch 123

22. OTL Spoor
(Endpoint)
COINS
Exchanged Projectdata (three organisations, two ontologies)
ProRailMovares
Strukton

23. DATA
COINS
container
RDF
DOCDMS
OTL Spoor
(Endpoint)
COINS
ProRailMovares
Strukton
rdf:type rdf:type
Exchanged Projectdata (datatyping, container creation and validation)
Validation
rdf:type

24. IMX
collaboration
and integration
platform
• Data gathering and
integration
• Data distribution
Exchanged Projectdata (data exchange, validation, storage and distribution)
DATA
COINS
container
RDF
DOCDMS
OTL Spoor
(Endpoint)
COINS
rdf:type rdf:type
Validation
rdf:type
ProRailMovares
Strukton

25. IMX
collaboration
and integration
platform
• Data gathering and
integration
• Data distribution
Exchanged Projectdata (quering schema and data)
DATA
COINS
container
RDF
DOCDMS
OTL Spoor
(Endpoint)
COINS
rdf:type rdf:type
Validation
rdf:type
ProRailMovares
Strukton
SPARQL

26. Exchanged Projectdata (conclusions)
IMX
collaboration
and integration
platform
• Data gathering and
integration
• Data distribution
DATA
COINS
container
RDF
DOCDMS
OTL Spoor
(Endpoint)
COINS
rdf:type rdf:type
Validation
rdf:type
ProRailMovares
Strukton
SPARQL
• We succeeded in the exchange of
information by using the open
semantic standard COINS thus
creating semantic interoperability.
• Improved data quality through
validation early in the exchange
process.
• Validation of data calls for a closed
world and unique naming assumption
(CWA, UNA)
• Efficiency (less costs) and better
adoption of COINS can be improved
through better software support. More
suppliers, software less technically
driven, better user interfaces, hiding
complexity from users.

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INTRO BIM USE CASE
RAALTE
APPEAL AND
DISCUSSION
COINS APPEAL AND
DISCUSSION

28. Appeal to you (members of the semantic community)
• Get involved in COINS, increase of the COINS community
• http://www.coinsweb.nl/wiki2
• Better software support
• More efficiency, Less costs
• Better adoption of COINS
• A standard for validation of data
• Software implementations of SHACL

29. Discussion