Generic conceptual models for data and knowledge sharing: application to the environmental domain

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/732Within the framework of the Syscolag and Roselt pluridisciplinary research programs, we propose generic conceptual models to set up a communication infrastructure to facilitate informational resources as well as knowledge sharing between the various stakeholders. We propose the use of a metadata service to share informational resources and the use of an ontology to share knowledge. We focus on the control of thematic and spatial descriptions. We propose a generic model to manage the semantic and spatial relationships between thematic and spatial concepts regardless of the domain. Finally we propose a generic ontology model to inventory and structure concepts and related knowledges in the particular case of the environmental domain

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