Journal article
A spatial data infrastructure model from the computational viewpoint
AK Cooper, H Moellering, J Hjelmager, P Rapant, T Delgado, D Laurent, S Coetzee, DM Danko, U Düren, A Iwaniak, J Brodeur, P Abad, M Huet, A Rajabifard
International Journal of Geographical Information Science | Published : 2013
Abstract
The Commission on Geoinformation Infrastructures and Standards of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) is working on defining models of spatial data infrastructures (SDIs). SDI models from the enterprise and information viewpoints of the Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP) have already been presented. Our model from the computational viewpoint identifies the main computational objects of an SDI and their interfaces, which are modelled using Unified Modelling Language (UML) component diagrams. Presented here is the first comprehensive SDI model from the computational viewpoint, which enhances the understanding of the computational objects and their interaction..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was partially supported by various organizations including: The Ohio State University has provided in-kind support and access to electronic communication systems and office space for the ICA Commission on Spatial Data Standards since 1989; The European Regional Development Fund in the IT4Innovations Centre of Excellence project (CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0070); The South African National Research Foundation (NRF); The Centre for SDIs and Land Administration, Department of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne and Mapping Science Institute, Australia (MSIA); Iberian-American Project CYTED IDEDES 606AC0294 "Evaluation and strengthening of Spatial Data Infrastructure for sustainable development for Latin-American and the Caribbean'; The South Africa/Poland Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technology for the Joint Research Grant, 'Volunteered Geographical Information (VGI) for Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) and Geoportals' and The Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education for the project 'Budowa, standaryzacja i integracja sieciowych usug geoinformatycznych dla potrzeb opracowa kartograficznych', number N N526 193936.