SemanticallyEnabled Virtual Observatories

OWLED*06 Workshop on OWL: Experiences and Directions

Deborah McGuinness12, Peter Fox3, Luca Cinquini4, Patrick West3, James Benedict2, J. Anthony Darnell3, Jose Garcia3, and Don Middleton41 McGuinness Associates, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

PID  :  79505

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

We are developing a semantic data framework for virtual observatories.A Virtual Observatory provides online location, retrieval, andanalysis services to a variety of heterogeneous scientific data sources.Weemploy semantic technologies to integrate data and provide “intelligent”services such as ontologyenhanced search, analysis, and data visualization. Our specific initial deployments are in the field of solarterrestrial physicswhere we target atmospheric and solar researchers as end users.In this paper,we describe our general use case, our approach using OWLDL and relatedtools, and our initial deployment.We describe what we have found as benefitsand challenges using OWLbased semantic technologies in our efforts buildingan operational system.Our system is deployed in two scientific data collectionswith community usage migration starting now.