“Persistent Interoperable GIS”-An Ontological Solution

	International Journal of P2P Network Trends and Technology (IJPTT)
	© 2017 by IJPTT Journal
	Volume-7 Issue-6
	Year of Publication : 2017
	Authors : Dr. Rashed Mustafa

Citation

Dr. Rashed Mustafa "“Persistent Interoperable GIS”-An Ontological Solution". International Journal of P2P Network Trends and Technology (IJPTT).V7:1-3 November to December 2017. ISSN:2249-2615. www.ijpttjournal.org. Published by Seventh Sense Research Group.

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.

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Keywords
Persistent; Interoperability; Ontology.