A Novel Software Architecture for the Provision of Context-Aware Semantic Transport Information

Sensors

Asier Moreno¹  Asier Perallos¹  Diego López-de-Ipi༚¹  Enrique Onieva¹  Itziar Salaberria¹  Antonio D. Masegosa¹ 

[1] Deusto Institute of Technology (DeustoTech), University of Deusto, Bilbao 48007, Spain; E-Mails:

关键词: Intelligent Transportation Systems;    multimodal transport information;    semantic middleware;    Linked Open Data;    context-aware computing;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s150612299

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The effectiveness of Intelligent Transportation Systems depends largely on the ability to integrate information from diverse sources and the suitability of this information for the specific user. This paper describes a new approach for the management and exchange of this information, related to multimodal transportation. A novel software architecture is presented, with particular emphasis on the design of the data model and the enablement of services for information retrieval, thereby obtaining a semantic model for the representation of transport information. The publication of transport data as semantic information is established through the development of a Multimodal Transport Ontology (MTO) and the design of a distributed architecture allowing dynamic integration of transport data. The advantages afforded by the proposed system due to the use of Linked Open Data and a distributed architecture are stated, comparing it with other existing solutions. The adequacy of the information generated in regard to the specific user’s context is also addressed. Finally, a working solution of a semantic trip planner using actual transport data and running on the proposed architecture is presented, as a demonstration and validation of the system.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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