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elements. Comparing them could be recognized more hierarchical levels
and more complicated connections between features and database model.
9- Conclusion and future plans
Ontology and Semantic Web are giving opportunity to make interoperable
different sources of data on the Web. Different communities can share the
data. That is important for complex object as place name that involve more
disciplines in its definition. Ontological approach can improve
interoperability between communities. One of the main advantages of
ontological approach is scalability in the sense of expanding existing
ontology by additional concepts and joining other ontologies in the
existing ontology domain. In that way new community groups can enter
their knowledge base in existing ontology domain. Ontological approach is
not used in UNGEGN and INSPIRES treatment of place names, but it
could contribute to development o place names standardization.
Ontological approach could allow publishing of data directly on the web.
They would not be dependent of application and easily integrated in spatial
data infrastructure.Development of new ISO/TC 211 Geographic
information/Geomatics ontology standards will influence standardization
of place names and other standardization topics. Ontological approach is
giving new basic for development of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI).
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University of Edinburgh. Revised Final Edition March 2009. ECP 2005 GEO 038026 EGN
Horridge M (2009) A Practical Guide To Build OWL Ontologies Using Protégé and CO-ODE
Tools. Edition 1.2. The University of Manchester
INSPIRE (2009) INSPIRE Data Specification on Geographical Names - Guidelines. INSPIRE
Thematic Working Group Geographical Names, D2.8.I.3
ISO (2010a) Geographic information - Ontology - Part 1: Framework. ISO/TC 211 Geographic
information/Geomatics, New work item proposal: ISO/TS 19150-1
ISO (2010b) Geographic information - Ontology - Part 2: Rules for developing ontologies in the
Web Ontology Language (OWL). ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics, New
work item proposal: ISO/TS 19150-2
