Explotación de información en el dominio geo-hídrico ecuatoriano utilizando tecnología semántica

Abstract

In this article, we present an approach for exploiting the information in the Ecuadorian geo-hydrological domain, in tune with current trends relative to data integration from different sources and the publication of these data by applying the principles of Linked Data. Our approach uses GeoSPARQL as query language, which provides the ability to perform spatial operations for exploiting and discovery of resources that represent geographic entities. These resources are stored on distributed RDF data stores, which correspond to data from different institutions involved in geo-hydrological domain. This proposal facilitates the integration and use of information from the existing links between resources that refer to the same real-world phenomenon. Finally, the resources exploited are displayed on a graphic tool named, map4rdf, allowing a unified vision of national hydric reality. This tool has been enhanced in our approach, becoming also in a technological contribution.