The role of space and time for knowledge organization on the Semantic Web

Semantic Web

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 25-32

  Janowicz, Krzysztof ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Geospatial semantics; Ontologies; Semantic heterogeneity; Sensors and observations; Space and time

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053004439     PISSN: 15700844     EISSN: 22104968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/SW-2010-0001     Document Type: Article

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