Metadata standard interoperability: Application in the geographic information domain

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 611-634

  Nogueras Iso, J ^a   Zarazaga Soria, F J ^a   Lacasta, J ^a   Bejar R ^a   Muro Medrano, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crosswalks; Geographic metadata; Metadata interoperability; Standards

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; METADATA; STANDARDIZATION;

DATA SHARING; INFORMATION SOURCES; OVERLAPPING; STANDARD OPERABILITY;

INTEROPERABILITY;

DATA MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 6444242857     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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