Ontologies and knowledge sharing in urban GIS
Computers Environment and Urban SystemsPublished 1 May 2000
Fred Fonseca, Max J. Egenhofer, Clodoveu A. Davis, Karla A. V. Borges
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This paper discusses issues related to the use of ontologies in the development of urban geographic information systems and proposes the creation of software components from diverse ontologies as a way to share knowledge and data.
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Data and knowledge exchange among users of urban information systems presents many challenges. This paper discusses issues related to the use of ontologies in the development of urban geographic information systems and proposes the creation of software components from diverse ontologies as a way to share knowledge and data. These software components are derived from ontologies using an object-oriented mapping. The translation of an ontology into an active information system component leads to ontology-driven information systems and, in the specific case of geographic applications, to ontology-driven geographic information systems. We analyze the urban environment from the ontologist's point of view and make some inferences about the relationship between knowledge and data sharing, and the theory of bona fide and fiat objects. We also discuss implementation issues, such as the use of Ontolingua as an ontology editor, and CORBA IDL generator, CORBA, and Java as object platforms.
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