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Volume 7 | Issue 6 | Year 2017 | Article Id. IJPTT-V7I6P401 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22492615/IJPTT-V7I6P401

“Persistent Interoperable GIS”-An Ontological Solution

Dr. Rashed Mustafa

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Dr. Rashed Mustafa, "“Persistent Interoperable GIS”-An Ontological Solution," International Journal of P2P Network Trends and Technology (IJPTT), vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 1-3, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22492615/IJPTT-V7I6P401

Abstract

Interoperability is an ancient problem. Basically it is now a crucial issue in geographical information systems (GIS). Many researchers tried to solve it by different techniques such as semantic translator, mediators, integrators and ontologies. But persistent interoperability has added a new dimension in interoperability problem. This research is trying to build a persistent interoperable GIS using ontologies as a tool. To describe entities, classes, properties and functions related to a certain view of the world ontologies are used, which are theories and use a specific vocabulary. The first step is to specify ontologies specified in a formal language. The ontology editor can generate a set of classes from the specified ontologies that are available to be browsed by the end user and provide metadata about the available geographic information and thus satisfy a persistent interoperable GIS.

Keywords

Persistent; Interoperability; Ontology.

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