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Ontologies for crisis management: A review of state of the art in ontology design and usability
Shuming Liu
Christopher Brewster
Duncan Shaw
T. Comes, F.F., S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Müller
The growing use of a variety of information systems in crisis management both by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and emergency management agencies makes the challenges of information sharing and interoperability increasingly important. The use of semantic web technologies is a growing area and is a technology stack specifically suited to these challenges. This paper presents a review of ontologies, vocabularies and taxonomies that are useful in crisis management systems. We identify the different subject areas relevant to crisis management based on a review of the literature. The different ontologies and vocabularies available are analysed in terms of their coverage, design and usability. We also consider the use cases for which they were designed and the degree to which they follow a variety of standards. While providing comprehensive ontologies for the crisis domain is not feasible or desirable there is considerable scope to develop ontologies for the subject areas not currently covered and for the purposes of interoperability.
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url:http://idl.iscram.org/show.php?record=714
citekey:ShumingLiu_etal2013
citation:Shuming Liu, Christopher Brewster, & Duncan Shaw. (2013). Ontologies for crisis management: A review of state of the art in ontology design and usability. In J. Geldermann and T. Müller S. Fortier F. F. T. Comes (Ed.), ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp. 349-359). KIT; Baden-Baden: Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie.
2013
ConferencePaper
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Information systems
Interoperability
Ontology
Risk management
Semantic Web
Societies and institutions
Crisis management
Crisis management systems
Emergency management
Information interoperability
Information sharing
Nongovernmental organizations
Ontology design
Semantic Web technology
Management information systems
file:http://idl.iscram.org/files/liu/2013/714_Liu_etal2013.pdf
Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie
English
2411-3387
ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2013
349
359
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