Global Observation Data Integration with Lexicographic and Geospatial Ontology

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1 Global Observation Data Integration with Lexicographic and Geospatial Masafumi Ono, Masahiko Nagai, Ryosuke Shibasaki Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo

2 For Social Needs Cooperation with Earth Observation Plans Numerical prediction Satellite data Cooperation with international Organizations Centralized Data Integration & Fusion Cooperation with International Research Center Integrated Information ①data archive, storage, integration ②data assimilation, visualization, mining ③design for database schema ④data collection and distribution ⑤sensor data fusion data Integration method Core System Integration of Distributive Data (association) Integrated Information Prediction needs Dispersed use Better use of data Oceanic data Earth observation data Collection/quality management Flood data Agriculture management ①constriction of ontology registry ②service by ontology registry ③distinguished for agriculture ④distinguished for satellite data Ground observation data Flood prediction Metrological information Cooperation with international Organizations Create new Knowledge for Earth System Science

3 0 0 0 เกษตร กรรม 农 业 D B Agriculture term To know where data is and what format is, and to access to heterogeneous system A1: A2: B1: B2: 高 持 多 地 度 続 元 域 成 発 化 共 長 展 存 社 型 会 biology term 気 象 用 語 A1: A2: B1: B2: 高 持 多 地 度 続 元 域 成 発 化 共 長 展 存 社 型 会 To guarantee data 농업 quality or reliability A1: A2: B1: B2: 高 持 多 地 度 続 元 域 成 発 化 共 長 展 型 存 社 型 会 Hydrology term To understand Trans - disciplinary database by translation of heterogeneous Climatology term Landuse Classification Development of registry system (collection, comparison, editing etc.) schema Development of service system by using registry system Health Science

4 単 位 度 月 : Year2010 Year2020 Year2030 Year2040 Year2050 Information Fusion with Crop Yield data schema Climate data schema Hydrology data schema Landuse data schema +coreelement 0..* CoreElement (MD_Metadata) Socio Economic data schema MetadataElement 0..* +professionalelement ProfessionalElement +organizationalelement 0..* OrganizationalElement Population data schema Health data shema A1: A2: B1: B2: 高 持 多 地 度 続 元 域 成 発 化 共 長 展 存 社 型 会 Land use model Agriculture data schema Based on dictionary of various fields, data model, or name space. Data integration by intermediation of Based on Gazetteer, Land use schema, Maps. Lexicographic Geospatial

5 Dictionaries for Lexicographic

6 Flame Work and Developing Tools UML Metadata c Registry OWL/RDF Data Schema C Visualizing Reverse Dictionary Data collection with Semantic Media Wiki Management for Reliability Table editor for Association/Link Edit

7 Geospatial ontology generalization and classification for geographic features category types for places hierarchy of categories Feature type Place name ( Toponym ) the meanings for place names reference functions as proper nouns topology the relations between classes the relations between instances reasoning rules Spatial relation Geospatial Feature Coordinate referencing standard for feature discernment general feature model position in coordinate reference systems geometry with coordinates

8 Concept and Functions of Place names The name itself contains and Indicates meanings It may change its meaning or referenced information Naming convention By nature of feature By shape of physical object By human name By combining name contains generic class By relative to other names popular name abbreviation By fiction Place Name Reference change code translation language translation ( phoneme ) ( meaning ) language translation synonymous alternative historical change Geographic location History ( diachronicity ) Common knowledge ( synchronicity )

9 Prototype of Gazetteer and application Pollination( 粉 ) 受 crisis of extinction import fly out of a vinyl house Introduced species Bombus terrestris (セイヨウオオマルハナハ チ) extermination citizens activity Native species Gazetteer エソ オオマルハナハ チ GIS エソ ナカ マルハナハ チ Analysis Ground truth data Scientist

10 Problems on gazetteer architecture problem on synchronicity 동해 ( Sea (East 日 本 海 ( Sea (Japanese problem on diachronicity authority ancestor Change and decisions heritage Korea Japan Decided name Heritage name The other countries? global community Local community

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