Emergency alerts for all: An ontology based approach to improve accessibility in emergency alerting systems

Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 - 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 197-207

  Malizia, Alessio ^a   Astorga Paliza, Francisco ^a   Onorati, Teresa ^a   Díaz, Paloma ^a   Aedo, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Concepts and models for crisis ontologies; Emergency response information Systems

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACCESSIBILITY; ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES; COMMUNICATION DEVICE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SCENARIO; EMERGENCY SYSTEM;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84905582711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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