LEMA

Local Environment Management and Analysis

SECOND TOWNTOLOGY WORKSHOP
"Ontologies for urban development : conceptual models for practitioners" - 17, 18 October 2007
Castello del Valentino, Turin, Italy

Presentation of the COST C21 Action
Jacques Teller, LEMA Université de Liège, Belgique

Keynote Speeches

Social ontologies
Prof. M . Ferraris - Laboratory for Ontology

Multi-lingual ontologies in the HEREIN project
Phil Carlisle, English Heritage

Session 1 - Environmental Data Interpretation and Communication

Urban ontology for semantic interpretation of multi-source images
Puissant, A.; Durand, N.; Sheeren, D.; Weber, C.; Gançarski, P. Image et Ville Laboratory, UMR 7011 CNRS

Ontologies for the Integration of Air Quality Models and 3D City Models
Métral, Claudine; Falquet, Gilles; Karatzas, Kostas Université de Genève

Using a hybrid approach for the development of an ontology in the hydrographical domain
López-Pellicer, F.J.; Vilches-Blázquez, L.M.; Nogueras-Iso, J.; Corcho, O.; Bernabé, M.A.; Rodríguez, A.F. Computer Science and Systems Engineering Department, University of Zaragoza

Session 2 - Urban Data Classification and Retrieval

Web-based Interactive Visualization of Uncertain Concepts in Urban Ontologies
Hyowon Ban and Ola Ahlqvist Department of Geography, The Ohio State University

Generating an urban domain ontology through the merging of cross-domain lexical ontologies
Lacasta, Javier; Nogueras-Iso, J.; Zarazaga-Soria, F.J.; Muro-Medrano, P.R. Computer Science and Systems Engineering Department, University of Zaragoza

An Ontology-Based Intelligent Information System for Urbanism and Civil Engineering Data
Trausan-Matu, Stefan; Neacsu, Anca Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of the Romanian Academy

Semantic search engine for geographic data
Pegoraro, C.; Velluto, M. CSI Piemonte - Sistemi Informativi Territoriali

Session 3 - Landscape Characterisation and Management

Geo Semantic Web Communities for Rational Use of Landscape Resources
Marcheggiani, Ernesto; Nucci, Michele; Tummarello, Giovanni; Morbidoni, Christian Technical University of Marche, Dipartimento di Scienze Applicate ai Sistemi Complessi

Exploring Ontologies of Historic Landscape Characterisation: Towards an approach for recognising the impact of incremental change to historic legibility in urban areas
Dobson, Stephen University of Sheffield, Department of Landscape

Using an Ontology-based Model for Knowledge Representation in Rural Landscape
Cataldo, Antonia; Rinaldi, Antonio M. Università di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica

Session 4 - Townscape Analysis and Urban Regeneration

Ontologies for urban regeneration: opportunities and weakness for their development in cohesion policies for cities
Rotondo, Francesco University of Bari Polytechnic, Department of Architecture and Town Planning

Colour plan for urban design
Ceconello, Mauro; Bisson, Mario; Boeri, Cristina; Vignati, Giorgio Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento INDACO

Generating Urban Forms from Ontologies
Caneparo, L.; Collo, M.; Di Giannantonio, D.; Lombardo, V.; Montuori, A.; Pensa, S. Politecnico di Torino

Session 5 - Interpretation of Design Processes

Updating Plans: A historiography of decisions over time
Kaza, Nikhil; Finn, Donovan; Hopkins Lewis D. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Urban & Regional Planning

Elaboration and application of ontology in a process of architectural project
Pellegrino, Emmanuelle CRAAL - Centre de Recherche en Architecture et Architecturologie

Expressing Urban Development Concerns within a Domain Ontology
Athanassopoulou, Nikoleta Harrow School of Computer Science