Exploring ontologies for semantic interoperability of data in emergency response

Applied Geomatics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-122

  Fan, Zhengjie ^a   Zlatanova, Sisi ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Ontology; Semantic interoperability; Spatial data

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; HETEROGENEITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867373840     PISSN: 18669298     EISSN: 1866928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12518-011-0048-y     Document Type: Article

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