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The gazetteer content model issue: Could Spatial Data Infrastructures provide it?

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The gazetteer is perceived differently in different contexts: Geographical Information Systems, Digital Libraries, Toponymic Standardization Processes and Cartotoponomy. These contexts shape the content of the SDI gazetteer. This paper analyzes the conventional core properties and the nature of the gazetteer to ease the building of SDI gazetteers.

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López-Pellicer, F., Zarazaga-Soria, F., Mogollón-Diaz, A., Nogueras-Iso, J., Muro-Medrano, P. (2007). The gazetteer content model issue: Could Spatial Data Infrastructures provide it?. In: Fabrikant, S.I., Wachowicz, M. (eds) The European Information Society. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72385-1_11

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