Geopolitical Ontology Marta Iglesias Sucasas FAO 8 th

Presentation roadmap Background ¡ Requirements for managing geopolitical data ¡ Ontology implementation ¡ Use

Background ¡ The FAO Country Profiles (2002 -2004) l www. fao. org/countryprofiles 21 -Sep-07

Requirements – FAO systems ¡ ¡ ¡ Interoperability: systems exchange and share data Maintenance:

Requirements – information types ¡ Territories: l Self-governing: ¡ l ¡ countries, nations, states

Requirements – data ¡ Names l ¡ official and short names: ¡ ¡ ¡

Requirements – dynamics ¡ To track historical changes From 1993 to present Czech Republic

Requirements - neighboring territories ¡ To compare data on certain subjects l India neighboring

Implementation ¡ The Geopolitical ontology: l HTML generated browsable version 21 -Sep-07 Food and

Use Case description Geopolitical ontology ¡ FAO Country profiles ¡ l Value-added by providing

21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Credits ¡ FAO participants in various aspects of this project: l ¡ Bruno Altobelli,

Thanks for your attention ¡ More information: l l www. fao. org/aims/ www. fao.

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Geopolitical Ontology Marta Iglesias Sucasas FAO 8 th AOS Workshop Session I: Ontology/Metadata Applications 21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Presentation roadmap Background ¡ Requirements for managing geopolitical data ¡ Ontology implementation ¡ Use case ¡ 21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Background ¡ The FAO Country Profiles (2002 -2004) l www. fao. org/countryprofiles 21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Requirements – FAO systems ¡ ¡ ¡ Interoperability: systems exchange and share data Maintenance: names, codes, relationships Dynamics: manage historical changes 21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Requirements – information types ¡ Territories: l Self-governing: ¡ l ¡ countries, nations, states Groups: l ¡ l Gibraltar, Greenland l l Disputed Other 21 -Sep-07 l South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) organizations ¡ l Europe, Asia, Oceania economic: ¡ Non-self-governing ¡ geographic: FAO, WHO special groups: ¡ Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries (LIFDC) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Requirements – data ¡ Names l ¡ official and short names: ¡ ¡ ¡ Codes l l Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, other. . l l ¡ Coordinates l l 21 -Sep-07 UN code – M 49 ISO-3166 Alpha-2 and Alpha-3 UNDP code GAUL code FAOSTAT AGROVOC Max, Min Latitude Max, Min Longitude Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Requirements – dynamics ¡ To track historical changes From 1993 to present Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Slovakia From 1990 to present West Germany East Germany 21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Requirements - neighboring territories ¡ To compare data on certain subjects l India neighboring countries: Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan 21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Implementation ¡ The Geopolitical ontology: l HTML generated browsable version 21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Use Case description Geopolitical ontology ¡ FAO Country profiles ¡ l Value-added by providing access to neighboring or groups information 21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Credits ¡ FAO participants in various aspects of this project: l ¡ Bruno Altobelli, Caterina Caracciolo, Ingrid Alldrit, Johannes Keizer, Marta Iglesias Sucasas, Soonho Kim, Virginie Viollier. With the cooperation of: l GDAAS 21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Thanks for your attention ¡ More information: l l www. fao. org/aims/ www. fao. org/countryprofiles/ 21 -Sep-07 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations