Ontology-supported querying of geographical databases

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 31-44

  Baglioni, Miriam ^a   Giovannetti, Emiliano ^c   Masserotti, Maria Vittoria ^b   Renso, Chiara ^b   Spinsanti, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; QUERY LANGUAGES; QUERY PROCESSING;

DOMAIN CONCEPTS; EXPERT USERS; GEO-SPATIAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES; ONTOLOGY'S; SPATIAL DATABASE; SPATIAL RELATIONS; USER QUERY;

SEMANTICS;

DATABASE; GIS; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 61349086232     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2008.01136.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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