Paper Info
Title
Tiers Of Ontology And Consistency Constraints In Geographical Information Systems
Abstract
Consistency constraints placed on a database to assure, that values incorporated in the database are consistent, are a well known foundation of Geographical Information Systems. Unfortunately in real situations rules for consistency constraints are not so clear, and inconsistent ontologies are common place, not least in geographical information, covering as it does a much wider realm than many other information systems I have suggested elsewhere 5-tiers of ontology for GIS. Such an ontology can integrate different ontological approaches in a unified system. In this paper the relation of the 5-tier ontology and consistency constraints is explored, and it is shown that different constraints are appropriate to different tiers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1080/13658810110061144
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE
Keywords
Field
DocType
geographic information system
Ontology (information science),Information system,Data mining,Ontology,Ontology-based data integration,Process ontology,Realm,Information retrieval,Computer science,Upper ontology
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
7
1365-8816
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
52
3.53
6
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andrew U. Frank1835332.71