Semantic Models for Architectural Heritage Documentation Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation

In the field of CH metric documentation management the development of GIS tools has radically improved the capability of handling complex geometric models and the quantity of the semantic values of spatial data. These improvements in GIS tools have been followed by the development of data models and data definition languages able to manage such a complexity through a set of open rules and vocabularies. We need to change the application-driven practice of the GIS to a common set of rules and frameworks through the adoption of open-standards and languages. The aim of this study is to showcase the results of the test of framework for the management of a 3D metric survey archive by means of CityGML standard.