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POSO: A Generic Positioning System Ontology

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The Semantic Web – ISWC 2022 (ISWC 2022)

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Abstract

While satellite-based positioning systems are mainly used in outdoor environments, various other positioning techniques exist for different domains and use cases, including indoor or underground settings. The representation of spatial data via semantic linked data is well addressed by existing spatial ontologies. However, there is a primary focus on location data with its specific geographical context, but a lack of solutions for describing the different types of data generated by a positioning system and the used sampling techniques to obtain the data. In this paper we introduce a new generic Positioning System Ontology (POSO) that is built on top of the Semantic Sensor Network (SSN) and Sensor, Observation, Sample, and Actuator (SOSA) ontologies. With POSO, we provide missing concepts needed for describing a positioning system and its output with known positioning algorithms and techniques in mind. Thereby, we enable the improvement of hybrid positioning systems making use of multiple platforms and sensors that are described via the presented POSO ontology.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-ssn/#SSNhasSubSystem.

  2. 2.

    https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-ssn/#SOSAProcedure.

  3. 3.

    ssns: is the prefix for SSN-Systems [5].

  4. 4.

    https://www.indooratlas.com.

  5. 5.

    https://openhps.github.io/POSO/1.0/en/.

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Van de Wynckel, M., Signer, B. (2022). POSO: A Generic Positioning System Ontology. In: Sattler, U., et al. The Semantic Web – ISWC 2022. ISWC 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13489. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19433-7_14

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