Towards Integration of Geographic Information Systems

Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 168, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 45-59

  Buccella, Agustina ^a   Cechich, Alejandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

description logic; geographic information systems; ontology; semantic heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; FORMAL LOGIC; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS;

DESCRIPTION LOGIC; INFORMATION SHARING; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTIC HETEROGENEITY;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846570984     PISSN: 15710661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.entcs.2006.08.023     Document Type: Article

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