WORKSHOP ON LINKED SPATIOTEMPORAL DATA AT GISCIENCE 2010
Whilst the Web has changed with the advent of the Social Web from mostly authoritative towards increasing amounts of user generated content, it is essentially about linked documents. These documents provide structure and context for the described data and easy the interpretation. In contrast, the upcoming Data Web is about linking data. Datasets are not bound to a specific document but can be easily combined and used outside of their original context. With a growth rate of millions of new facts per month, the Linked Data cloud allows users to answer complex queries spanning multiple sources. Due to the uncoupling of data from its original context, semantic interoperability, identity resolution, and ontologies are central to ensure consistency and meaningful results. Space and time are fundamental ordering relations to structure such data and provide implicit contexts for their interpretation. This workshop will introducing the GIScience audience to Linked Data and discuss the relation to Spatial Data Infrastructures.
Visit the workshop webpage for the call for papers, deadlines, and further information athttp://stko.psu.edu/lstd2010/.
