Browsing by Author "Obrst, Leo"
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Results Per Page
Sort Options
Item Semantic Aspects of EarthCube(2012-05-22) Hitzler, Pascal; Janowicz, Krzysztof; Berg-Cross, Gary; Obrst, Leo; Sheth, Amit; Finin, Tim; Cruz, IsabelIn this document, we give a high-level overview of selected Semantic (Web) technologies, methods, and other important considerations, that are relevant for the success of EarthCube. The goal of this initial document is to provide entry points and references for discussions between the Semantic Technologies experts and the domain experts within EarthCube. The selected topics are intended to ground the EarthCube roadmap in the state of the art in semantics research and ontology engineering.Item Semantics and Ontologies For EarthCube(University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2012-01-01) Berg-Cross, Gary; Cruz, Isabel; Dean, Mike; Finin, Tim; Gahegan, Mark; Hitzler, Pascal; Hua, Hook; Janowicz, Krzysztof; Li, Naicong; Murphy, Philip; Nordgren, Bryce; Obrst, Leo; Schildhauer, Mark; Sheth, Amit; Sinha, Krishna; Thessen, Anne; Wiegand, Nancy; Zaslavsky, IlyaSemantic technologies and ontologies play an increasing role in scientific workflow systems and knowledge infrastructures. While ontologies are mostly used for the semantic annotation of metadata, semantic technologies enable searching metadata catalogs beyond simple keywords, with some early evidence of semantics used for data translation. However, the next generation of distributed and interdisciplinary knowledge infrastructures will require capabilities beyond simple subsumption reasoning over subclass relations. In this work, we report from the EarthCube Semantics Community by highlighting which role semantics and ontologies should play in the EarthCube knowledge infrastructure. We target the interested domain scientist and, thus, introduce the value proposition of semantic technologies in a non-technical language. Finally, we commit ourselves to some guiding principles for the successful implementation and application of semantic technologies and ontologies within EarthCube.