The Ontology and Modelling of Real Estate Transactions

187 Pages·2003·18.382 MB·English

by  Erik Stubkjaer (editor), Heiner Stuckenschmidt (editor)

THE ONTOLOGY AND MODELLING OF
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

The Ontology and Modelling of
Real Estate Transactions
Edited by
HEINER STUCKENSCHMIDT
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ERIK STUBKJiER
Aalborg Universitet, Denmark
CHRISTOPH SCHLIEDER
Universiteit Bamberg, Germany
First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
The ontology and modelling of real estate transactions. -
(International land management series)
1 .Real property 2.House buying - Computer simulation
3.House selling - Computer simulation
I. Stuckenschmidt, Heiner II. Stubkjaer, Erik IILSchlieder,
Christoph
333.3*3
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The ontology and modelling of real estate transactions : European jurisdictions / edited by
Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Erik Stubkjaer, and Christoph Schlieder.
p. cm. - (International land management series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7546-3287-3
l.Realproperty-Europe-Philosophy. 2.Conveyancing-Europe-Philosophy. 3.
Ontology. I. Stuckenschmidt, Heiner. II.Stubkjaer, Erik. IILSchlieder, Christoph. IV.
Series.
KJC1315.058 2003
346.404’37-dc21
2002043896
ISBN 13: 978-0-7546-3287-0 (hbk)
Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables viii
List of Contributors ix
Foreword xii
PART I: CADASTRE, LAW AND ECONOMICS
1 Modelling Real Property Transactions 1
Erik Stubkjcer
2 Aspects of Real Property Rights and their Alteration 23
Hans Mattsson
3 Real Estate: Foundations of the Ontology of Property 35
Leo Zaibert and Barry Smith
PART II: REQUIREMENTS AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
4 Purchase of Real Property in Finland 55
Kauko Viitanen
5 Property Transactions in the UK: A Situation of Institutional Stability 67
or Technical Change?
Robert Dixon-Gough and Mark Deakin
6 Land Tenure and Real Property Transaction Types in Latvia 83
Armands Auzins
PART III: ONTOLOGICAL MODELLING
7 Modelling Real Estate Transactions: The Potential Role of Ontologies 99
Ubbo Visser and Christoph Schlieder
8 A Tool-Supported Methodology for Ontology-Based Knowledge 115
Management
York Sure
9 Building a Foundation for Ontologies of Organisations 127
Chris Partridge and Milena Stefanova
VI The Ontology and Modelling of Real Estate Transactions
PART IV: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
10 Conceptual Modelling of Cadastral Information System Structures 139
Rados Sumrada
11 Ontology Construction for Geographic Data Set Integration 149
Harry Uitermark
Glossary 163
Index 167
List of Figures
1 A view of the cadastral problem domain 15
2 Versatile use of property units 27
3 Attributes and rights in real property 28
4 Necessary procedures in land law for change 31
5 Scheme of the ‘normal’ procedure for the purchase of real estate
in Finland 64
6 An example of the money process in the purchase of a built-up
one-family house on one’s own site 65
7 Types of ontologies, the right hand side of the arbitrary line
indicates what most researchers refer to as ontologies 102
8 A small part of ATKIS OK-1000 classes in an UML class
diagram 103
9 Example in DL notation 104
10 The same ATKIS classes modelled with OIL 106
11 T-Box definitions of the building example 107
12 A-Box of the building example 108
13 Steps of the methodology 116
14 Management of different knowledge sources 120
15 Competency Questionnaire 121
16 Simplified EO overview 130
17 Simplified TOVE overview 130
18 EO transformation 133
19 TOVE transformation 134
20 The three levels architecture 144
21 The conceptual modelling approach 145
22 Two transformations of a terrain situation 150
23 Refined concepts from a domain ontology are structured in a
reference model 152
24 An ontology-based framework for geographic data set integration 155
List of Tables
1 Home buying costs as per cent of £50,000 property (before tax) 3
2 Geographical data groups and their relative economic weight 6
3 Basic socio-economic indicators 87
4 Content of the ORSD 118
5 Two sub-phases of the refinement phase 118
6 Main questions and solutions 146
7 GBKN class labels and class descriptions 157
8 TOPlOvector class labels and class descriptions. 157
9 Domain ontology classes and their refinement into reference
model subclasses for GBKN and TOPlOvector 158
10 Six domain ontology concepts and their definition 159
List of Contributors
Armands Auzins is assistant at the Professor Group of Geodesy and Cartography,
Riga Technical University, Latvia. His research interest include: Institutional
analysis, cadastral and conveyancing procedures, cost assessment; terminology
resources (concepts and terms). Contact him at: Professor Group of Geodesy and
Cartography, Riga technical University Azenes street 16, room 109, Riga, LV-
1048, Latvia phone/fax: [phone], phone: [phone] e-mail:
armands. auzins@r iga. vzd. go v. 1 v
Mark Deakin is Senior Lecturer and Teaching Fellow at the Napier University
Edinburgh. His research interests include: real estate transactions, cadastral
development, ICT applications, environmental assessment methodologies and
sustainable urban development. Contact him at: School of the Built Environment,
Napier University, 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh Scotland United Kingdom EH 10
5DT
Robert Dixon-Gough is a member of the Land Management Research Unit of the
School of Computing and Technology of the University of East London (UEL).
His main research interest is in a comparative evaluation of Land Management
Practices, with particular respect to Central and Eastern Europe. Contact him at:
Land Management Research Unit University of East London Longbridge Road,
Dagenham Essex, UK, RM8 2AS; Tel: (Home)[phone] (UEL) +44
(0)208 223 2514
Hans Mattsson is Professor in Real Estate Planning (fastighetsteknik) at Kungliga
Tekniska Hogskolan (Royal Institute of Technology), Sweden. His research
interests include Land Management and Administration. Contact him at: Real
Estate Planning and Land Law Royal Institute of Technology S-100 44 Stockholm
Sweden Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] e-mail:
[email protected]
Chris Partridge works at the BORO Centre, London, England. His research
interests include: Enterprise and top ontologies. Recovering ontologies from
enterprise applications. Implementing ontologies in enterprise applications.
Contact him at the BORO Centre; url: http://www.boroprogram.org
Christoph Schlieder is Professor for Applied Informatics in the Cultural and Geo-
Sciences at Bamberg University, Germany. His research interests include:
knowledge-based systems, spatial and temporal reasoning, applications of semantic
information technologies to geoinformation systems and mobile computing.
Contact him at: Faculty of Business and Applied Informatics, Bamberg