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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Vague spatio-thematic query-processing - a qualitative approach to spatial closeness |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Transactions in GIS |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 1361-1682 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Number | 2 |
| Page Range | 97 - 109 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Abstract Text | In order to support the processing of qualitative spatial queries, spatial knowledge must be represented in a way that machines can make use of it. Ontologies typically represent thematic knowledge. Enhancing them with spatial knowledge is still a challenge. In this article, an implementation of the Region Connection Calculus (RCC) in the Web Ontology Language (OWL), augmented by DL-safe SWRL rules, is used to represent spatio-thematic knowledge. This involves partially ordered partitions, which are implemented by nominals and functional roles. Accordingly, a spatial division into administrative regions, rather than, for instance, a metric system, is used as a frame of reference for evaluating closeness. Hence, closeness is evaluated purely according to qualitative criteria. Colloquial descriptions typically involve qualitative concepts. The approach presented here is thus expected to align better with the way human beings deal with closeness than does a quantitative approach. To illustrate the approach, it is applied to the retrieval of documents from the database of the Datacenter Nature and Landscape (DNL). |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2010.01185.x |
| Other Identification Number | 1393; merlin-id:83 |
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