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A novel algorithm for fully automated mapping of geospatial ontologies

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  • Sana Chaabane

    (Sfax University
    Sfax University)

  • Wassim Jaziri

    (Sfax University
    Taibah University)

Abstract

Geospatial information is collected from different sources thus making spatial ontologies, built for the same geographic domain, heterogeneous; therefore, different and heterogeneous conceptualizations may coexist. Ontology integrating helps creating a common repository of the geospatial ontology and allows removing the heterogeneities between the existing ontologies. Ontology mapping is a process used in ontologies integrating and consists in finding correspondences between the source ontologies. This paper deals with the “mapping” process of geospatial ontologies which consist in applying an automated algorithm in finding the correspondences between concepts referring to the definitions of matching relationships. The proposed algorithm called “geographic ontologies mapping algorithm” defines three types of mapping: semantic, topological and spatial.

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  • Sana Chaabane & Wassim Jaziri, 2018. "A novel algorithm for fully automated mapping of geospatial ontologies," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 85-105, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jgeosy:v:20:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s10109-017-0263-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10109-017-0263-0
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    1. Andrés Vallone & Coro Chasco & Beatriz Sánchez, 2020. "Strategies to access web-enabled urban spatial data for socioeconomic research using R functions," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 217-239, April.
    2. Michelle Cheatham & Dalia Varanka & Fatima Arauz & Lu Zhou, 2020. "Alignment of surface water ontologies: a comparison of manual and automated approaches," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 267-289, April.

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    Keywords

    Geospatial ontologies; Ontologies integration; Semantic mapping; Topological mapping; Spatial mapping;
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    • Y8 - Miscellaneous Categories - - Related Disciplines

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