Acoustics rule checking

Files

• instances20091028.n3
  This is the RDF file representing a room detailed with space boundaries and the required material properties so that it can be used in combination with the available rule sets.
  
  
• NBNS014001rules20091028.n3
  These are the rules that represent a part of the Belgian regulation NBN S 01-400-1 regarding acoustical criteria for residential buildings.
  
  
• EN12354rules20091028.n3
  These are the rules that represent a part of the European regulation EN 12354 regarding acoustical criteria for residential buildings.
  
  
• query20091028.n3
  Using this query file, the EYE reasoning engine is able to retrieve only the acoustical comfort level of the room boundaries that are represented in the instances model (instances.n3 - see procedure below).
  
  
• output.n3
  This is an example output file as it is produced by the EYE reasoning engine (see procedure below).
  
  
• README.txt
  Textual overview of this HTML page.
  
  
• acousticsrulechecking_pieterpauwels.zip
  Full ZIP file including all the files above.
  
  

Procedure

Query for the acoustic performance

1. Install EYE: see http://eulersharp.sourceforge.net/INSTALL
2. Test run EYE and see that everything is installed correctly
3. See all possible EYE commands on http://eulersharp.sourceforge.net/README
4. open command line
5. run "eye --nope instances20091028.n3 NBNS014001rules20091028.n3 EN12354rules20091028.n3 --query query20091028.n3 > output.n3"
6. find the retrieved RDF statements in the output.n3 file

Edit rules

1. open up NBNS014001rules20091028.n3, EN12354rules20091028.n3 or query.n3 in any notepad application
2. start editing

Reference publication