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I. Acceptance of this Agreement
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II. Modification of this Agreement
The User may modify the terms of this Agreement at any time. Any modifications apply only to downloads made after the modification date. No change applies retroactively to previous downloads.
III. Licensing and Classification of Repository Contents
The contents of this repository are published under two different licenses, depending on the type of material. To avoid ambiguity, the files are classified below as either data/documentation or code/executable workflow files.
1. Data and Documentation (CC BY 4.0)
The following files and folders are classified as data and documentation and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0):
Case Study Graphs and Queries/*.ttl: RDF/Turtle case-study knowledge graphs and linked data files.Ontologies/**/*.ttl: OWL/Turtle ontology files, including the Timber Building Ontology (TBO), the Timber Fabrication Ontology (TFO), the TBO-TFO bridge module, alignment modules, and reasoning axioms.Rhino and Grasshopper/Material datasets/*.csv: CSV material property datasets.Rhino and Grasshopper/3D_BuildingModel.3dm: Rhino 3D model / geometric model data.- Supporting documentation, readme files, explanatory text files, and figures, unless explicitly listed as code or executable workflow files below.
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Users may copy, redistribute, transform, and build upon these data and documentation materials provided that proper attribution and citation are given.
2. Code and Executable Workflow Files (MIT License)
The following files are classified as code, executable workflow files, or executable query scripts and are licensed under the MIT License:
Rhino and Grasshopper/Rhino_Geometry_toRDF_fullBuilding.gh: Grasshopper visual programming workflow used to generate RDF from the Rhino geometry/model.Case Study Graphs and Queries/Queries/Query Examples.txt: SPARQL query scripts for querying the RDF graphs.
The MIT License applies only to the code, executable workflow files, and executable query scripts listed above.
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2026 Diellza Elshani, Thomas Wortmann, Laura Marsillo
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See also: LICENSE_CODE_MIT.txt in the dataset.
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This dataset may reference external software, libraries, ontologies, standards, or tools required for viewing, processing, reasoning, modelling, or execution, including:
- Rhino/Grasshopper
- RDF processing tools
- SPARQL query engines
- Ontology editors and reasoners
These third-party tools and dependencies are not distributed with this dataset and must be obtained separately under their respective licenses.
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- Comparing results with other datasets or methods
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- Using the data in further publications and research
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- They will not use the Materials in any way that violates applicable laws;
- They understand the difference between the CC BY 4.0 portions and the MIT License portions of the Materials;
- They accept responsibility for checking external dependencies when reproducing workflows, code execution, query execution, or tool-specific processes.
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- Misrepresent the origin or authorship of this work;
- Remove copyright, attribution, citation, or license notices from the Materials;
- Redistribute third-party software, libraries, tools, or platforms as if they were included in this dataset;
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Citation Requirement
Users must cite the dataset as follows:
Elshani, Diellza; Marsillo, Laura; Wortmann, Thomas; 2026. “Semantic Timber Construction and Robotic Fabrication Knowledge Graph Dataset”. DaRUS. https://doi.org/10.18419/DARUS-6131
