An Ontological Approach to Enhancing Information Sharing in Disaster Response
Managing complex disaster situations is a challenging task because of the large number of actors involved and the critical nature of the events themselves. In particular, the different terminologies and technical vocabularies that are being exchanged among Emergency Responders (ERs) may lead to misu...
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| description | Managing complex disaster situations is a challenging task because of the large number of actors involved and the critical nature of the events themselves. In particular, the different terminologies and technical vocabularies that are being exchanged among Emergency Responders (ERs) may lead to misunderstandings. Maintaining a shared semantics for exchanged data is a major challenge. To help to overcome these issues, we elaborate a modular suite of ontologies called POLARISCO that formalizes the complex knowledge of the ERs. Such a shared vocabulary resolves inconsistent terminologies and promotes semantic interoperability among ERs. In this work, we discuss developing POLARISCO as an extension of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and the Common Core Ontologies (CCO). We conclude by presenting a real use-case to check the efficiency and applicability of the proposed ontology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fa94eb871754e1092e674b9d6e7f0f62023-11-22T18:38:05ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892021-10-01121043210.3390/info12100432An Ontological Approach to Enhancing Information Sharing in Disaster ResponseLinda Elmhadhbi0Mohamed-Hedi Karray1Bernard Archimède2J. Neil Otte3Barry Smith4National Engineering School of Tarbes, University of Toulouse, 65000 Tarbes, FranceNational Engineering School of Tarbes, University of Toulouse, 65000 Tarbes, FranceNational Engineering School of Tarbes, University of Toulouse, 65000 Tarbes, FranceApplied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20707, USANew York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USAManaging complex disaster situations is a challenging task because of the large number of actors involved and the critical nature of the events themselves. In particular, the different terminologies and technical vocabularies that are being exchanged among Emergency Responders (ERs) may lead to misunderstandings. Maintaining a shared semantics for exchanged data is a major challenge. To help to overcome these issues, we elaborate a modular suite of ontologies called POLARISCO that formalizes the complex knowledge of the ERs. Such a shared vocabulary resolves inconsistent terminologies and promotes semantic interoperability among ERs. In this work, we discuss developing POLARISCO as an extension of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and the Common Core Ontologies (CCO). We conclude by presenting a real use-case to check the efficiency and applicability of the proposed ontology.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/12/10/432modular suite of ontologiesupper-level ontologymid-level ontologydisaster response |
| spellingShingle | Linda Elmhadhbi Mohamed-Hedi Karray Bernard Archimède J. Neil Otte Barry Smith An Ontological Approach to Enhancing Information Sharing in Disaster Response Information modular suite of ontologies upper-level ontology mid-level ontology disaster response |
| title | An Ontological Approach to Enhancing Information Sharing in Disaster Response |
| title_full | An Ontological Approach to Enhancing Information Sharing in Disaster Response |
| title_fullStr | An Ontological Approach to Enhancing Information Sharing in Disaster Response |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Ontological Approach to Enhancing Information Sharing in Disaster Response |
| title_short | An Ontological Approach to Enhancing Information Sharing in Disaster Response |
| title_sort | ontological approach to enhancing information sharing in disaster response |
| topic | modular suite of ontologies upper-level ontology mid-level ontology disaster response |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/12/10/432 |
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