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Geospatial Semantic Web, Interoperability

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Semantic geospatial web; Geospatial semantic interoperability; Geospatial ontology

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According to ISO/IEC 2382-01, Information Technology Vocabulary, Fundamental Terms, interoperability is defined as “the capability to communicate, execute programs, or transfer data among various functional units in a manner that requires the user to have little or no knowledge of the unique characteristics of those units”. Based on various forms of perspective on information heterogeneity, interoperability can be classified in four different levels [1].

  1. 1.

    System interoperability involves bridging the differences in hardware, system software and communication systems.

  2. 2.

    Syntax interoperability aims to solve the differences in machine‐readable aspects of data representation.

  3. 3.

    Structure interoperability constructs a uniform view of data modeling.

  4. 4.

    Semantic interoperability is concerned with having a common understanding of the meaning of the exchanged information in different...

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  1. Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Liping Di & Peisheng Zhao

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Di, L., Zhao, P. (2008). Geospatial Semantic Web, Interoperability. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_516

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