Definition of a domain-specific language to represent Korea building act sentences as an explicit computable form

Abstract

This paper aims to define the syntax of KBimCode Language as a domain-specific computer language to represent Korea Building Act sentences. KBimCode Language represents building permit requirements in Korea Building Act as explicit computable rules. KBimCode aims to accomplish the neutral and standardized way of rule-making in an easy-to-use syntax. This paper introduces the approach of language design and definition. The main concerns handled in the paper are: 1) features of building permit-related regulations in Korea Building Act are reflected in the strategy for the lexical and syntactic design of KBimCode Language; 2) specification of KBimCode based on the context-free EBNF notation is introduced; and evaluation of the language definition is performed. KBimCode is an ongoing project. Together with newly developed rule checking applications, KBimCode will establish automated design quality assessment system in Korea. © 2016 All rights reserved and published by The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia.