Semantically-Aware Systems: Extraction of Geosemantics, Ontology Engineering, and Ontology Integration

Kavouras M., Kokla M., AND Tomai E.

dc.contributor.author	Kavouras M., Kokla M., AND Tomai E.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:14:56Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:14:56Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	1863-2246	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/30185
dc.subject	geosemantic, ontologies, integration	en
dc.title	Semantically-Aware Systems: Extraction of Geosemantics, Ontology Engineering, and Ontology Integration	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/978-3-540-34238-0	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34238-0	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	Geographic hypermedia systems include geospatial information from diverse sources. Meaningful access and utilization of such information is materialized only with semantic integration and proper documentation through ontologies. The present work presents a unified view of important research subdomains tasks related to geosemantics and ontologies, (as formal representations of geographic knowledge), such as ontology engineering, extraction of semantic information and ontology integration. Although there is a great degree of recent literature in the field, differences in (a) perspective — purpose, (b) the primary information available and (c) the methodologies and tools used, compose unrelated approaches that have not been put in the overall context. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for the wider audience to understand the difference and the applicability of available approaches in a given context. An attempt is made to draw the overall picture in order to assist users in defining their problem, selecting an appropriate approach and successfully undertaking a geosemantics or ontology-based task.	en
heal.publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg	en
heal.journalName	Geographic Hypermedia - Concepts and Systems	en
heal.bookName	Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/978-3-540-34238-0	en
dc.identifier.spage	257	en
dc.identifier.epage	273	en