What Is e-NVISION

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From the point of view of the SMEs of the Construction Sector e-NVISION is defined as Vertical Semantic e-Business Solution, i.e. a customization of a general e-Business Platform for the construction sector. e-NVISION provides a particular e-Business solution for Construction Companies to allow them to manage in a better way two of main problems of the sector: the configuration of the construction project team and its coordination during the whole life of the project.

In contrast to other e-Business communities, the e-NVISION one is based on permanent relationships between the different construction actors. In general the same actors participate in constructions project, especially when previous experience has been positive. Only when a new product or solution is needed the main contractor has to look for new suppliers or providers.

e-NVISION e-Business Model is based on three pillars:

• Business messages, which are sent between the different actors that take part in a construction project,
• Internal business process, which define the task to be done internally in a construction company when an e-NVISION message is received, and
• External services, which provide the information needed to govern the flow of the business process and that the construction company, especially an SME, has no resources to maintain internally.

These pillars are interconnected through a set of Construction Ontologies which define the common concepts, entities and relationships. Following figure shows this structure.