Towards meaningful URIs for linked sensor data

Krzysztof Janowicz, Arne Bröring, Christoph Stasch, Thomas Everding

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Abstract

Sensor data is stored and published using OGC’s Observation & Measurement specifications as underlying data model. With the advent of volunteered geographic information and the Semantic Sensor Web, work on an ontological, i.e. conceptual, model gains importance within the Sensor Web Enablement community. In contrast to a data model, an ontological approach abstracts from implementation details by focusing on modeling the real world from the perspective of a particular domain or application and, hence, restricts the interpretation of the used terminology towards their intended meaning. The shift to linked sensor data, however, requires yet another perspective. Two challenges have to be addressed, (i) how to refer to changing and frequently updated data sets such as stored in Sensor Observation Services using Uniform Resource Identifiers, and (ii) how to establish meaningful links between those data sets, i.e., observations, sensors, features of interest, observed properties, and further participants in the measurement process. In this short paper we focus on the problem of assigning meaningful URIs.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDE-2010: Towards Digital Earth: Search, Discover and Share Geospatial Data
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the Workshop "Towards Digital Earth: Search, Discover and Share Geospatial Data 2010": Workshop at Future Internet Symposium, Berlin, Germany, September 20, 2010
EditorsAnusuriya Devaraju, Alejandro Llaves, Patrick Maué, Carsten Keßler
Place of PublicationAachen
PublisherCEUR
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventTowards Digital Earth: Search, Discover and Share Geospatial Data, DE 2010 - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 20 Sept 201020 Sept 2010

Workshop

WorkshopTowards Digital Earth: Search, Discover and Share Geospatial Data, DE 2010
Abbreviated titleDE
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period20/09/1020/09/10

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