A disaster data management system using linked open data | |
| Author | Silva, A. Thushari Priyangika |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ICT-10-04 |
| Subject(s) | Disasters--Management Database management Linked data |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the d egree of Master of Science in Information & Communication Technologies, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. ICT-10-04 |
| Abstract | Disasters have become a common threat to humans. Although disasters cannot be evaded, humans can manage disastrous situations to minimize the damage. In disaster management, disas ter mitigation and preparedness phases play vital roles to diminish the damages caused by a particular disaster. Though the study of disaster mitigation and preparedness involves multidisciplinary approaches, a well developed information systems with simul ations can assure effective operational services in disaster mitigation and preparedness phases. A successful and an effective information system with disaster simulation always requires information from heterogeneous data sources that belongs to various s ervices and maintained by different organizations and people. As such, data integrating and exchanging is a crucial issue for disaster management information systems which simulates disaster mitigation and preparedness processes . The World Wide Web (WWW) which is considered as an enormous pond of information resources consists of lot of data resources related to disaster management context. Among those Spatial Data, Census Data and Social Networks information are a few. With the emergence of semantic web as “web of data” which has Resource Description Framework (RDF) as technical Foundation, a new era called Linked Open Data (LOD) was bloomed. LOD is used as a mechanism to interlink data sources which are represented in RDF. Recent research has recognized linked data as a potential approach to developing solutions for information systems involving diversified sourcesof data. This thesis study demonstrates linked data driven approach to develop an information system in the disaster context which simulate mitigation and preparedness activities via integrating heterogeneous data sources through a common flexible disaster data management framework. |
| Year | 2010 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ICT-10-04 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Information and Communication Technology (ICT) |
| Chairperson(s) | Vilas Wuwongse; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Rajatheva, R. M. A. P.;Honda, Kiyoshi; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Government of Finland;Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2010 |