Geographic Information Metadata for Spatial Data Infrastructures: Resources, Interoperability and Information Retrieval

Amazon's Book Description

• Author: Javier Nogueras-Iso, F. Javier Zarazaga-Soria, and Pedro R. Muro-Medrano
• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540244646
• ISBN-13: 978-3540244646

Amazon's Editorial Reviews

Metadata play a fundamental role in both DLs and SDIs. Commonly defined as "structured data about data" or "data which describe attributes of a resource" or, more simply, "information about data", it is an essential requirement for locating and evaluating available data. Therefore, this book focuses on the study of different metadata aspects, which contribute to a more efficient use of DLs and SDIs. The three main issues addressed are: the management of nested collections of resources, the interoperability between metadata schemas, and the integration of information retrieval techniques to the discovery services of geographic data catalogs (contributing in this way to avoid metadata content heterogeneity).

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Developing Geographic Information Infrastructures: The Role of Information Policies

Book's description:

• Author: Bastiaan van Loenen
  
• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: IOS Press/Delft University Press (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9040726167
• ISBN-13: 978-9040726163
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches

Book's introduction:

The availability of information in information societies is a key issue that affects the entire society’s well-being. In the information age access to information has become of vital importance to the economic and social development of the nation. “The foundation of the information society is informationalism, which means that the defining activities in all realms of human practice are based on information technology, organized (globally) in information networks, and centred around information (symbol) processing”. Information technology has increased the availability and access to information. It allows us to access and share information in a relatively unfettered fashion across digital networks, ignoring jurisdictional borders.
The infrastructure underlying the foundation of an information society can be referred to as the information infrastructure, which is defined as the combination of computer and communication systems that serve as the underlying infrastructure for organizations, industries, and the economy. Since the information infrastructure provides the foundation of an information society, the development of this infrastructure and the way it functions are critical for society. An adequate information infrastructure allows for information to be collected efficiently (collect it once, use it many times) and provides reliable information for effective use in decision-making processes at all levels.

Amazon's description:

Within information societies, information availability is a key issue affecting society’s well being. A geographic information infrastructure (GII) is the underlying foundation of such a society with regards to geographic information.

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