Adding semantic information to the data allows computers to understand the structure and meaning of data. This allows automatic searching, processing and integrating data with other semantic sources.
[MO] rename to semantic publishing?
Work on this concept is done in the following link:
Explain semantic annotation of data and services
Solve issues in determining what ontologies to use for semantic annotation
Identify issues in developing new ontologies for geospatial data
Define Mapping between legacy definition and the semantic definition of publish
Indicate an architecture and tools for organizing semantically annotated data
In progress (GI-N2K)