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

Type

Book

Authors

Javier Nogueras-Iso

Francisco Javier Zarazaga-Soria

Pedro R. Muro-Medrano

ISBN 10

3540244646

ISBN 13

9783540244646

Tags

Information Theory, Networking & Cloud Computing, GIS, Internet & Social Media, Geography, Geology, Travel, General, Computer Science, Library & Information Science, Earth Sciences

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). - from Amzon

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