Geographic Information Metadata for Spatial Data Infrastructures: Resources, Interoperability and Information Retrieval

✍ Scribed by Dr. Javier Nogueras-Iso, Dr. F. Javier Zarazaga-Soria, Dr. Pedro R. Muro-Medrano (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Metadata play a fundamental role in both DLs and SDIs. Commonly defined as "structured data about data" or "data which describe attributes of a resource" or, more simply, "information about data", it is an essential requirement for locating and evaluating available data. Therefore, this book focuses on the study of different metadata aspects, which contribute to a more efficient use of DLs and SDIs. The three main issues addressed are: the management of nested collections of resources, the interoperability between metadata schemas, and the integration of information retrieval techniques to the discovery services of geographic data catalogs (contributing in this way to avoid metadata content heterogeneity).

✦ Table of Contents

Spatial Data Infrastructures and related concepts....Pages 1-30
A metadata infrastructure for the management of nested collections....Pages 31-88
Interoperability between metadata standards....Pages 89-127
The use of disambiguated thesauri to improve information retrieval....Pages 129-168
Integrating the concepts within the components of a Spatial Data Infrastructure....Pages 169-196
Conclusions and future work....Pages 197-205

✦ Subjects

Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Computer Applications in Geosciences; Information Systems and Communication Service