Implementing feature level semantics for spatial data discovery: Supporting the reuse of legacy data using open source components

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-344

  Batcheller, James K ^a   Reitsma, Femke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geospatial Semantic Web; Legacy data; Ontology; Open source; RDF; Semantic ambiguity

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DATA RESOURCES; FEATURE LEVEL; FORMAL SEMANTICS; GEO-SPATIAL DATA; GEOSPATIAL SEMANTIC WEB; LEGACY DATA; OPEN SOURCE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES; OPEN-SOURCE COMPONENTS; RESOURCE DESCRIPTION FRAMEWORK; SEARCH APPLICATION; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPATIAL RESOURCES;

FORMAL METHODS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; OPEN SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS;

SEMANTIC WEB;

INFORMATION SYSTEM; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATA; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 77953620254     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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