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oai:dcpapers.dublincore.org:952107948 2004-10-11 dc-2004

Architecting a Cross-Disciplinary Thesaurus for the Semantic Web Robertson, W. Davenport Greenberg, Jane Semantic Web thesaurus metathesaurus metadata generation multidisciplinary decentralized semantics ontology environmental health An environmental health science thesaurus is needed to facilitate Semantic Web operations and aid with problem solving in this important cross-domain area. This paper demonstrates the need for an environmental health science thesaurus and reviews metadata generation research that highlights the importance of subject metadata. A conceptual design for building a cross-disciplinary metathesaurus using shared ontologies and other Semantic Web technologies is presented. The design emphasizes a dynamic, distributed approach to thesaurus construction, and builds on Semantic Web developments, especially the integration of multiple ontologies. The paper concludes by identifying candidate terminological sources and identifying a major challenge. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative 2004-10-11 Text application/pdf text/html https://doi.org/10.23106/dcmi.952107948 https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/article/952107948 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Conference Proceedings en https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68280052 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/