A process-centric ontological approach for integrating geo-sensor data

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

Volumn 209, Issue , 2010, Pages 199-212

  Devaraju, Anusuriya ^a   Kuhn, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

DOLCE; Ontology; Semantic heterogeneities; Sensor data; Surface hydrological processes

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; SEMANTICS;

DOLCE; FOUNDATIONAL ONTOLOGIES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; ONTOLOGICAL APPROACH; ONTOLOGY'S; PROPERTY; SEMANTIC INTEGRATION; SEMANTICS HETEROGENEITY; SENSORS DATA; SURFACE HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 77950975520     PISSN: 09226389     EISSN: 18798314     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-535-8-199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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