Integrating Ecoinformatics Resources on the Semantic Web

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https://ebiquity.umbc.edu/paper/html/id/303/Integrating-Ecoinformatics-Resources-on-the-Semantic-Web

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2006-05-20

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Ecoinformatics
Resources
Semantic Web
UMBC Ebiquity Research Group
Ecological forecasting
Ontologies
Invasive Species
Biodiversity
Service Oriented Design

Abstract

We describe ELVIS (the Ecosystem Location Visualization and Information System), a suite of tools for constructing food webs for a given location. We express both ELVIS input and output data in OWL, thereby enabling its integration with other semantic web resources. In particular, we describe using a Triple Shop application to answer SPARQL queries from a collection of semantic web documents. This is an end-to-end case study for the semantic web s utility for ecological and environmental research.