Towards semantically-enabled exploration and analysis of environmental ecosystems

2012 IEEE 8th International Conference on E-Science, e-Science 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Ping ^a   Fu, Linyun ^a   Patton, Evan W ^a   McGuinness, Deborah L ^a   Dein, F Joshua ^b   Bristol, R Sky ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological data integration; Provenance; Semantic environmental informatics; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FOUNDATIONAL ONTOLOGIES; GROWING BODIES; HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS; LINKED DATUM; PROVENANCE; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES; WILDLIFE HEALTH; WILDLIFE SPECIES;

ANIMALS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEALTH; SEMANTIC WEB; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84873627599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/eScience.2012.6404436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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