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Record Nr.

UNINA9910416126703321

Autore

Hart Glen <1959->

Titolo

Linked data : a geographic perspective / / Glen Hart and Catherine Dolbear

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Florida : , : CRC Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-000-21891-0

0-429-10997-0

1-4398-6997-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

910.285/4678

910.2854678

Soggetti

Geography - Computer network resources

Geography - Data processing

Semantic Web

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Chapter 1 - A Gentle Beginning; Chapter 2 - Linked Data and the Semantic Web; Chapter 3 - Geographic Information; Chapter 4 - Geographic Information in an Open World; Chapter 5 - The Resource Description Framework; Chapter 6 - Organizing GI as Linked Data; Chapter 7 - Publishing Linked Data; Chapter 8 - Using Linked Data; Chapter 9 - OWL; Chapter 10 - Building Geographic Ontologies; Chapter 11 - Linking It All Together; References; Appendix A: OWL Species; Appendix B: OWL Constructs: Manchester Syntax and Rabbit; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Geographic Information has an important role to play in linking and combining datasets through shared location, but the potential is still far from fully realized because the data is not well organized and the technology to aid this process has not been available. Developments in the Semantic Web and Linked Data, however, are making it possible to integrate data based on Geographic Information in a way that is more accessible to users. Drawing on the industry experience of a



geographer and a computer scientist, Linked Data: A Geographic Perspective is a practical guide to implementing Geograph