Observation-Driven Geo-Ontology Engineering

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-374

  Janowicz, Krzysztof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

DIGITAL EARTH; E-SCIENCES; ENGINEERING FRAMEWORKS; GEO ONTOLOGIES; HETEROGENEOUS DATA; LINKED DATUM; ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING; RESEARCH TRENDS; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; SMART DUST;

ONTOLOGY;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTERNET; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 84861560141     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2012.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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