Authors: Tomai, Eleni¹; Herlin, Isabelle²; Berroir, Jean-Paul²; Prastacos, Poulicos³

Source: International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 30, Number 13, 2009 , pp. 3315-3330(16)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Abstract:

In this paper, we introduce the idea of documenting operational chains for land degradation assessment using ontologies. We believe that this process will help end users better understand the application domain characteristics and evaluate the results of the assessment process. Since the application domain is wide, various operational chains for land degradation assessment and their associated documentation exist, according to different options. This parameterization process causes the development of different ontologies, which nonetheless are, to a certain extent, linked because of the common software components of the corresponding operational chains. We therefore propose a hierarchical structure of these ontologies; so that several requirements such as understanding of expert knowledge interconnections and of application domain variety, documentation and assimilation of new expert knowledge, and reusability of software components become feasible.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431160802558709

Affiliations: 1: Cartography Laboratory, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece 2: Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, BP105, 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex, France 3: Regional Analysis Division, Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, Crete, Greece

Publication date: 2009-01-01

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