Abstract:
This project provides a common semantic framework for various Earth science initiatives. The semantic web is a transformation of the existing web that will enable software programs, applications, and agents to find meaning and understanding on web pages. SWEET developed these capabilities in the context of finding and using Earth science data and information.
The ontologies within ... the Semantic Web for Earth and Environmental Terminology (SWEET) provide an upper-level ontology for Earth system science. The SWEET ontologies include several thousand terms, spanning a broad extent of Earth system science and related concepts (such as data characteristics) using the OWL language. The ontologies can be downloaded from http://sweet.jpl.nasa.gov/sweet . To support such a large collection and adhere to the guiding principles, the concepts are divided, where possible, into orthogonal dimensions or facets in support of reductionism.
SWEET ontologies are written in the OWL ontology language. OWL is an XML language being adopted as a standard by the W3C. SWEET ontologies can be viewed using Internet Explorer 5 (or later) or Netscape 7. More specialized OWL-specific tools are available such as SWOOP or Protege. SWEET 2.0 is highly modular with nearly 100 ontologies organized by subject.
Description:
Protege is a free, open source ontology editor and knowledge-base framework. Protege is based on Java, is extensible, and provides a foundation for customized knowledge-based applications.
THOMAS
HUANG Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email:
thomas.huang at jpl.nasa.gov
TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role:
SERF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Isbell, J.L., Miller, M.F., Wolfe, K.L., Lenaker, P.A.(2003), Timing of late Paleozoic glaciation in Gondwana: Was glaciation responsible for the development of northern hemistphere cyclothems?, in Chan, M.A., and Archer, A.A., editors, Sedimentary Giants Extreme Depositional Environments: Geological Society of America Special Paper 370. p. 1-20.
Miller, M.F., and Isbell, J.L., in ... press, Reconstruction of a high-latitude post-glacial lake: Mackellar Formation (Permian), Transantarctic Mountains: Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper. (L. Buatois, ed.)
Miller, M.F., and White, D.S., 2007, Ecological and Evolutionary Controls on the Composition of Marine and Lake Ichnofacies, in Miller, W.ed., Trace Fossils Concepts, Problems, Prospects: Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 531-544.
Sidor, C. A., J. S. Steyer, and R. Damiani, in review. Parotosuchus (Temnospondyli: Mastodonsauridae) from the Triassic of Antarctica. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Sidor, C.A., Miller,M.F., and Isbell, J.L., in review, Tetrapod burrows from the Triassic of Antarctica: Jour. Vertebrate Paleontology. White, D.S. and Miller, M.F., Controls and patterns of benthic invertebrate activity in lakes: linking present to past: PALAIOS (accepted).
Knepprath, N. E., Miller, M.F., and Isbell, J.L., 2004, Dense Permian polar forests with large trees: Upper Buckley Formation, Central Transantarctic Mountains: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,v. 36, (5), p. 92.
Miller, M.F. and Isbell, J.L., 2004, Biogenic structures reveal impact of Permian extinction on stream infauna and high paleolatitude preciptiation pattern: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36 (5), p. 337.
Bitting, Kelsey, and Miller, M.F., 2005, Experimental study of bivalve shell dissolution rates at varying water temperatures: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, p.
Miller, M.F., McDowell, T.A., Berrios, L. and Shyr, Y., 2005, Bioturbation as a proxy for infaunal animal activity in Permian Jurassic freshwater deposits: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, p. 340.
Isbell, J.L., Miller, M.F., Lenaker, P.a., Koch, Z.J., 2005, Late Paleozoic glaciation in Antarctica: are models depicing an immense icesheet correct? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, p. 257.
Knepprath, N.E., Miller, M.F., and Isbell, J.L., 2005, Permian high-latitude Gondwanan climate and environment constrained by plant taphonomy: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, p. 484.
Miller, M.F., Sidor, C.A., and Isbell, J.L., 2005, Permian tetrapods in Antarctica? probably not: In: Pankhurst, R.J. and Veiga, G.C. (eds) Gondwana 12: Geological and Biological Heritage of Gondwana, Abstracts, Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Cordoba, Argentina, p. 257.
Isbell, J.L., Miller, M.F., Lenaker, P.A., Koch, Z. and Askin, R., 2005, How extensive was Gondwana glaciation in Antarctica? In: Pankhurst, R.J. and Veiga, G.C. (eds) Gondwana 12: Geological and Biological Heritage of Gondwana, Abstracts, Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Cordoba, Argentina, p. 208.
Isbell, J.L., Flaig, P.P., Miller, M..F., Sidor, C.A., 2005, Fluvial architecture of Permian and Triassic strata in the Beardmore Glacier region, Antarctica: was plant extinction or tectonics the cause of fluvial changes across the P-T boundary? In: Pankhurst, R.J. and Veiga, G.C. (eds) Gondwana 12: Geological and Biological Heritage of Gondwana, Abstracts, Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Cordoba, Argentina, p. 209.
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date:
2005-07-11
SERF Last Revision Date:
2012-11-15
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