Towards a semantic framework for exploiting heterogeneous environmental data. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tran, Ba-Huy; Bouju, Alain; Plumejeaud-Perreau, Christine; Bretagnolle, Vincent
• Is Part Of: International journal of metadata, semantics and ontologies. Volume 11:Number 3(2016)
• Page Start: 191
• Page End: 205
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: data integration -- spatio-temporal ontology -- ecology -- semantics -- environmental data -- infrastructure -- data analysis -- landscape spatial organisation -- crop rotation -- wildlife data; Metadata -- Periodicals; Semantic Web -- Periodicals; Ontologies (Information retrieval) -- Periodicals; Data structures (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Information theory -- Periodicals; 005.74
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-2621

Abstract

This paper presents the 'Environment and landscape geo-knowledge' (GEMINAT) project which aims to build an infrastructure favouring the cross-analysis of spatio-temporal heterogeneous data sources recorded at the Chizé environmental observatory since 1994. From a case study, we summarise the difficulties encountered by biologists and ecologists when maintaining and analysing collected environmental data, essentially the spatial organisation of the landscape, crop rotation, and wildlife data. We show how a framework which uses a spatio-temporal ontology as a semantic mediator can solve challenges related to the analysis and maintenance of these heterogeneous data.