Re: WaterML2 as RDF? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

There is also an OGC interoperability experiment in train with USGS and
NIWA (New zealand) at least linking timeseries data to features - if this
is not in scope then perhaps there is room at the table.



On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 at 10:31 Bruce Bannerman <bruce.bannerman@bom.gov.au>
wrote:

> One aspect that may be missed in the WaterML 2 / WDTF and the ACORN-SAT
> comparison:
>
> - WaterML is a community agreed semantic representation of that domain's
> data. Using it organisations can exchange data and be 'fairly' comfortable
> that they are sharing the same concepts.
>
> - ACORN-SAT is a representation of an internal file format used by one
> team, within one organisation.
>
>
> We need to find a way to adequately support the community agreed
> representations of a domain's data for true interoperability.
>
> I expect that the community agreed representations will mature as they get
> real world usage. So if they are 'ugly' now, it doesn't mean that this will
> always be so.
>
> Bruce
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2017 6:34 PM
> To: public-sdw-wg@w3.org; Kerry Taylor
> Subject: Re: WaterML2 as RDF?
>
> Bill, this was something Kerry talked about way back at the workshop.
> See her paper at [1] and my over-simplified reportage at [2].
>
>
> [1] https://www.w3.org/2014/03/lgd/agenda#wwstandards
> [2] https://www.w3.org/2014/03/lgd/report#themes
>
>
> On 03/04/2017 13:41, Jon Blower wrote:
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > In the MELODIES project, one of our partners looked at doing something
> similar.
> > In the end I think they decided to keep the actual data values out of
> the RDF
> > for efficiency reasons. (I think they ended up with some kind of mixture
> of RDF
> > and WaterML, and I’m not sure whether they were using WaterML 1 or 2.)
> >
> > I could put you in touch if you want to talk with them further.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jon
> >
> > *From: *Bill Roberts <bill@swirrl.com>
> > *Date: *Monday, 3 April 2017 13:10
> > *To: *"public-sdw-wg@w3.org" <public-sdw-wg@w3.org>
> > *Subject: *WaterML2 as RDF?
> > *Resent-From: *<public-sdw-wg@w3.org>
> > *Resent-Date: *Monday, 3 April 2017 13:10
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > I have an application coming up where I'd like to represent some time
> series of
> > observations, currently expressed in WaterML2, as RDF - probably in the
> RDF Data
> > Cube vocabulary.
> >
> > Does anyone in the group know of examples of this having been done
> before that I
> > could learn from/ copy / re-use?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bill
> >
>
> --
>
>
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