TY - GEN
T1 - Semantic water data translation
T2 - 14th International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium, IDEAS '10
AU - Shu, Yanfeng
AU - Ratcliffe, David
AU - Taylor, Kerry
AU - Wu, Jemma
AU - Ackland, Ross
AU - Terhorst, Andrew
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In order for the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia, to build and maintain an integrated national water information system, over 240 organisations are required to provide their data to BOM. These organisations use a wide range of systems and data formats. To ensure robust and reliable data delivery, BOM has established Water Data Transfer Format (WDTF) as a standard format for data transfer. Mean-while, the Water Regulations 2008 were enacted to specify the water information required from organisations. This paper analyses semantic gaps between data from organisations, WDTF, and the Regulations requirements, and proposes a knowledge-driven approach in which these gaps are captured in a way that facilitates data translation and validation. Throughout the paper, real data examples are used to illustrate the details of the approach and its feasibility.
AB - In order for the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia, to build and maintain an integrated national water information system, over 240 organisations are required to provide their data to BOM. These organisations use a wide range of systems and data formats. To ensure robust and reliable data delivery, BOM has established Water Data Transfer Format (WDTF) as a standard format for data transfer. Mean-while, the Water Regulations 2008 were enacted to specify the water information required from organisations. This paper analyses semantic gaps between data from organisations, WDTF, and the Regulations requirements, and proposes a knowledge-driven approach in which these gaps are captured in a way that facilitates data translation and validation. Throughout the paper, real data examples are used to illustrate the details of the approach and its feasibility.
KW - Data exchange
KW - Knowledge models
KW - Semantics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649957529&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1866480.1866489
DO - 10.1145/1866480.1866489
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781605589008
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 52
EP - 60
BT - Proceedings of the 14th International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium, IDEAS '10
Y2 - 16 August 2010 through 18 August 2010
ER -