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Web-Enabling Geographic Data with Object-Relational Databases

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Datenbanksysteme in Büro, Technik und Wissenschaft

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We show how geographic data sets that are available in a proprietary file format only, can be web-enabled by using an object-relational database system. In particular we propose a database schema for official cartographic-topographic (ATKIS) base data implemented in Oracle8i to store and manage such data sets in an object-structured way. We have implemented an import routine for such data into the database, and for inspection and selection purposes we have developed a visualization tool for arbitrary spatial data residing in an object-relational database. In order to exchange cartographic-topographic data sets over the internet, we introduce an XML-based document type definition along with some general rules on how to design DTDs for data strongly structured according to a database schema. Finally we describe how to generate files for data exchange according to the DTD. We claim that our techniques can be used as a reference pattern for similar tasks on other data formats or in other domains as well.

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  1. Institut für Informatik, Universität Hannover, Lange Laube 22, 30159, Hannover, Germany

    Carsten Kleiner & Udo W. Lipeck

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  1. Lehrstuhl Datenbank- und Informationssysteme Fachbereich Informatik, Universität Rostock, 18051, Rostock, Germany

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Kleiner, C., Lipeck, U.W. (2001). Web-Enabling Geographic Data with Object-Relational Databases. In: Heuer, A., Leymann, F., Priebe, D. (eds) Datenbanksysteme in Büro, Technik und Wissenschaft. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56687-5_11

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