A rule-based strategy for the semantic annotation of geodata

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-452

  Klien, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; WEB SERVICES; WEBSITES;

GEO-DATA; GEO-SPATIAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; GEOSPATIAL APPLICATIONS; GEOSPATIAL SEMANTIC WEB; GEOSPATIAL WEB SERVICES; REUSE; RULE-BASED STRATEGY; SEMANTIC ANNOTATIONS; SEMANTIC WEB VISION;

SEMANTIC WEB;

DATA SET; GIS; INTERNET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 34250659295     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2007.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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