The role of ontology in improving gazetteer interaction

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1129-1157

  Janowicz, K ^a   Kessler C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gazetteer research; Ontology; Semantic similarity

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PLACE NAME; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 50449091196     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810701851461     Document Type: Article

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