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The Spatio-temporal Semantics from a Perdurantism Perspective

Authors:
Benjamin Harbelot
Helbert Arenas
Christophe Cruz

Keywords: spatio-temporal; semantics; GIS; perdurantism.

Abstract:
In this paper we present the “continuum model”. Our work follows a “perdurantism” approach and is designed to handle dynamic phenomena extending the 4D-fluent with the use of semantic web technologies. In our approach we represent dynamic entities as constituted by time slices each with semantic, geometric and temporal components. Our model is able to link the diverse representations of an entity and allows the inference of qualitative information from quantitative one. The inference results are later added to the ontology in order to enhance the knowledge base. The model has been implemented using OWL and SWRL. Our preliminary results are promising and we plan to further develop the model in the near future to increase the suitable data

Pages: 114 to 119

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: February 24, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-393X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-251-6

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from February 24, 2013 to March 1, 2013