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Multiple Representation Modeling

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Multi-scale; Multi-resolution; Multi-granularity modeling

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Geodata management systems (i.e., GIS and DBMS) are said to support multiple representationsif they have the capability to record and manage multiple representations of the same real-world phenomena. For example, the same building may have two representations, one with administrative data (e.g., owner and address) and a geometry of type point, and the other one with technical information (e.g., material and height) and a geometry of type surface. Multirepresentation is essential to make a data repository suitable for use by various applications that focus on the same real world of interest, while each application has a specific perception matching its goals. Different perceptions translate into different requirements determining what information is kept and how it is structured, characterized, and valued. A typically used case is map agencies that edit a series of national maps at various scales and on...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Christine Parent

  2. EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Stefano Spaccapietra & Christelle Vangenot

  3. Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

    Esteban Zimányi

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  1. College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 266 Ferst Drive, 30332-0765, Atlanta, GA, USA

    LING LIU (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Database Research Group David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    M. TAMER ÖZSU (Professor and Director, University Research Chair) (Professor and Director, University Research Chair)

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Parent, C., Spaccapietra, S., Vangenot, C., Zimányi, E. (2009). Multiple Representation Modeling. In: LIU, L., ÖZSU, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-39940-9_237

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