OpenConstruction Tutorials

You can submit construction and AEC datasets, models, workflows, benchmarks, tools, OERs, and reusable data examples. Strong submissions have a stable source link, clear ownership, documented license or access terms, and enough context for others to evaluate reuse.

Prepare the resource title, public source link, author or organization information, resource type, short description, license or access notes, and any relevant task, domain, modality, or format details. See the metadata fields for the full catalog schema.

No. OpenConstruction primarily indexes public metadata and points users to original repositories, project pages, DOIs, papers, or code. Use a stable repository, DOI, or project page whenever possible.

Yes, if the resource is public or you have permission from the authors or rights holders to suggest it. Provide clear attribution, a stable source link, and known license or access terms. Do not present third-party resources as your own work.

You can still suggest the resource, but mark the license as unknown or explain what information is available. Maintainers may defer publication until reuse terms, ownership, or access conditions are clarified.

Yes. Use the report workflow for broken links, metadata corrections, license updates, duplicate records, or other improvements to resources already listed in OpenConstruction.

Yes, if the public metadata is useful and the access conditions are clear. OpenConstruction can list metadata for controlled or request-only resources without hosting or redistributing the underlying files.

Submissions may be deferred or declined if they are outside AEC, duplicate an existing record, rely on broken or unstable links, have unclear ownership, lack reuse terms, or raise unresolved privacy, consent, safety, or site-sensitivity concerns.

Document the sensitivity clearly. Review faces, license plates, site locations, critical infrastructure, worker privacy, contract restrictions, and consent conditions before sharing. If public release is not appropriate, describe access limits or submit metadata only.

Use the report workflow and explain what is wrong, what the corrected value should be, and any source that supports the change.

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Review time depends on completeness and maintainer availability. Submissions with stable links, clear licensing or access terms, complete metadata, and concise reuse notes are easier to evaluate quickly.