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Exchange of and access to spatial data is the principal goal of any Spatial Data Infrastructure, therefore, one of the key concepts of SDI is interoperability, especially semantic and syntactic. Whereas application schemas and quality issues are one of the aspects that have to be considered to ensure a successful data interchange in SDI.
Two types of application schema are widely used in the European SDI as well as in the Polish SDI. They cover both semantic and syntactic interoperability and are an integral parts of spatial data specifications and relevant regulations in the form of data models. However, working out accurate and correct application schemas may be a challenge.
Additionally, faulty or too complex application schemas can influence the ability for valid data interchange, and consequently, prevent achieving interoperability within SDI. Therefore, the capability to examine and estimate the UML and GML application schemas quality seems to be a worthwhile and important issue in the context of semantic and syntactic interoperability in SDI.
The main subject of this article it to set out the context of performed studies, among others, the role of application schema in the interoperable data exchange, issues related to the concept of quality and its measures.
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Exchange of and access to spatial data is the principal goal of any Spatial Data Infrastructure, therefore, one of the key concepts of SDI is interoperability, especially semantic and syntactic. Whereas application schemas and quality issues are one of the aspects that have to be considered to ensure a successful data interchange in SDI.
Two types of application schema are widely used in the European SDI as well as in the Polish SDI. They cover both semantic and syntactic interoperability and are an integral parts of spatial data specifications and relevant regulations in the form of data models. However, working out accurate and correct application schemas may be a challenge.
Additionally, faulty or too complex application schemas can influence the ability for valid data interchange, and consequently, prevent achieving interoperability within SDI. Therefore, the capability to examine and estimate the UML and GML application schemas quality seems to be a worthwhile and important issue in the context of semantic and syntactic interoperability in SDI.
The main subject of this article it to set out the context of performed studies, among others, the role of application schema in the interoperable data exchange, issues related to the concept of quality and its measures.

Considerations about the quality of UML and GML application schemas

Department of Geoinformation and Cartography, Institute of Geodesy and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Geoengineering

Reports on Geodesy and Geoinformatics

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Exchange of and access to spatial data is the principal goal of any Spatial Data Infrastructure, therefore, one of the key concepts of SDI is interoperability,...

Considerations about the quality of UML and GML application schemas

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: May 22, 2020

Page range: 17 - 23

Received: Feb 03, 2020

Accepted: Apr 30, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rgg-2020-0003

Keywords
application schema, quality, interoperability, UML, GML

© 2020 Agnieszka Chojka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Considerations about the quality of UML and GML application schemas

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: May 22, 2020

Page range: 17 - 23

Received: Feb 03, 2020

Accepted: Apr 30, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rgg-2020-0003

Keywordsapplication schema, quality, interoperability, UML, GML

© 2020 Agnieszka Chojka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
application schema, quality, interoperability, UML, GML