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

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

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2005
ISBN
978-3-540-24464-6, 978-3-540-27508-4
DOI
10.1007/3-540-27508-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3736019 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
263\274
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Comp

Description

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).

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