Geographic Information Science: Third International Conference, GIScience 2004 Adelphi, Md, USA, October 20-23, 2004 Proceedings

Egenhofer, Max J ; Freksa, Christian ; Miller, Harvey J

ISBN 10: 3540235582 / ISBN 13: 9783540235583

Published by Springer Verlag, New York City, 2005

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Hardcover 2005 library bound edition. Ex-library book with stamps and labels attached. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. Laminated covers and text in very good to near fine condition. Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ;3234. [viii, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm].

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• Title: Geographic Information Science: Third International Conference, GIScience 2004 Adelphi, Md, USA, October 20-23, 2004 Proceedings
• Publisher: Springer Verlag, New York City
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540235582
• ISBN 13: 9783540235583
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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Synopsis

This section gives a description of notions used throughout this study. Current achievements in developing action-centered ontologies are also discussed. 2.1 Ontologies In the context of information extraction and retrieval, different kinds of ontologies can be distinguished [15]: • Top-level ontologies describe very general concepts like space and time, not depending on a particular domain, • Domain ontologies and task ontologies describe the vocabulary related to a generic domain or kind of task, detailing the terms used in the top-level ontology, • Application ontologies describe the concepts that depend on the particular domain and task within a specific activity. Several investigations have been conducted to bring actions (tasks) to bear on - tologies. Among them are Chandrasekaran et al. [6] and Mizoguchi et al. [23] in the fields of AI and Knowledge Engineering. For the geospatial domain, Kuhn [21] and Raubal and Kuhn [26] have attempted to support human actions in ontologies for transportation. Acknowledging the importance of human actions in the geographic domain, a research workshop was held in 2002, bringing together experts from diff- ent disciplines to share the knowledge and work on this issue [1]. Camara [5], one of the workshop participants, has proposed that action-driven spatial ontologies are formed via category theory, for the case of emergency action plans.