An Ontological Analysis of Observations and Measurements (2006)
| Venue: | In: Proc. of the 4th. International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2004 |
| Citations: | 5 - 0 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Probst06anontological,
author = {Florian Probst},
title = {An Ontological Analysis of Observations and Measurements},
booktitle = {In: Proc. of the 4th. International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2004},
year = {2006},
pages = {304--320}
}
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Abstract
Abstract. Geographic information is based on observations or measurements. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has developed an implementation specification for observations and measurements (O&M). It specifies precisely how to encode information. Yet, the O&M conceptual model does not specify precisely which real-world entities are denoted by the specified information objects. We provide formal semantics for the central O&M terms by aligning them to the foundational ontology DOLCE. The alignment to a foundational ontology restricts the possible interpretations of the central elements in the O&M model and establishes explicit relations between categories of real world entities and classes of information objects. These relations are essential for assessing semantic interoperability between geospatial information sources.
