Semantic Mapping Tools Project Overview

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Semantic Mapping ToolsProject Overview

• Yaser Bishr, PhD
• Yaserb_at_imagem.cc
• Image Matters LLC
• October 20th 2003

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Image Matters Overview

• Products Business Unit
• Semantic Technologies
• Smart Web Services
• Knowledge Engineering
• Location-Based Services
• Consulting Business Unit
• Interoperability Engineering
• Technologies Web Services, Sensor Webs,
  Location-Based Services, GIS, Emergency Response,
  and Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Strategic Business Development
• Business Communications

• Government Services Business Unit
• Emergency Response
• Geospatial Sciences
• Geospatial Intelligence
• Internet/Web Applications
• Situation Awareness
• Visualization, Modeling and Simulation

• Open GIS Consortiums interoperability engineers
• Expertise
• Framework design
• Service design
• Information modeling
• Semantics

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SBIR Semantic Mapping Tools

• Problems
• Flexible querying of geospatial databases
• schema integration
• automatic data translation
• Phase I
• Study requirements
• Study current state of semantic translation
  technology.
• Design a semantic mapping tool
• Phase I Option
• Demonstration Prototype

• Phase II
• Ontology Foundation Classes
• Ontology Manipulation Toolkit
• userSmarts Services
• Personalization
• Negotiation
• Schema Translation
• Process Translation
• Smart Query
• Pax River Prototype
• Best Map
• Best Team

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Geospatial Knowledge Layers
Modeling Tools
Run Time Agents
Modeling Tools
Run Time Agents
Inference Engine
Inference Engine
Domain Knowledge
Domain Knowledge
(Road Crosses River) and (Road is Above River)
then (Road is Bridge). (Road Below River) then
(Road is Tunnel).
Core Geospatial Knowledge
X Adjacent to Y? Y Adjacent to X. X Above Y?Y
Below X. X Entered Y ? (X Inside Y) and (Y
Polygon) and (Y Contains X)
Feature Geometry Topology Temporal
GML
Abstract Model
Implementation Example
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Semantic Web Framework
Large, hard to navigate, can be conflicting
Schema to ontology maps can be inconsistent
Scalable, high performance
Consumers, need to be created from scratch
Gateway that takes advantage of the rich framework
Smart Clients
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OMT Architecture
OMT
S-O Editor
S-O Validator
Seed Ontology Generator
Management Tools
Ontology Editor
OMT GUI
S-O map Event Listener
UserSmarts Inference Engine
OMT Object Model (OFC)
DAML OIL
KIF
OWL
XML/S
S-O Map
UML (XMI)
RDBMS
Ontology document
S-O Map document
Schema document
SDS
UML document
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OMT Demo
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Semantic Web Framework
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Medical Emergency Applications demonstrate

• Inferring from individual and application context
  the key personnel best qualified and able to
  respond to the emergency (the so-called best
  team)
• Delivering better (I.e., just-in-time,
  actionable) information to all responders in the
  field
• Providing responders with a common picture of the
  situation and two-way communications with the
  Call Center

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Medical Emergency Applications

• Web Medical Profile Editor
• Personalize your Persona
• Medical Emergency Call Center (MECC)
• Used by call center personnel for medical
  emergencies as a Command and Control Element in a
  medical emergency.
• Medical Emergency Call Response (MECR)
• Used by field personnel to understand the
  situation and coordinate with Call Center.
• Key userSmarts Services
• Best Team
• Best Map
• Hot Zone

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Constructing Schema Mappings
1. Seed Ontology Generation

• Ontology Manipulation Toolkit (OMT)
• Ontology Generators
• S-O Editor
• Type and Instance Translators
• Ontology based on SDSFIE domain model
• Application Schema for public safety applications
• Database Schema for enterprise facilities
  management

DBMS
Domain Ontology
XML Schema
2. S-O Mapping
Domain Ontology
Domain Ontology
SO Map
SO Map
Pub Safety Schema
Facilities Schema
Pub Safety Schema
Staging Area
Parking Lot
Translator
Facilities Schema
3. Runtime Translation
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Operational Scenario
Medical Emergency Call Center Application
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E911
incident
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5
personnel
MECC

MECR


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Call Center
1
X


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Pax River NAS

• Enhanced E911 operations
• Best Team key (trained) personnel
• Better information to all responders
• Common Picture two-way communication w/ Call
  Center

Hospital
Fire Rescue
MECC
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Enhanced E911 System Console
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Medical Call Center Console

• Enhanced map control
• Tailored for use

• Enter incident information
• Nature of incident
• Equipment requirements
• Qualification requirements

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Best Team Determined

best team as red dots

incident location in center

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Field Team Notified

• View basic information about the incident.
• List team members
• Confirm ability to respond

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View Personalized Maps

• View location of incident and surroundings
• View location of response team
• Positions of response team is tracked by
  userSmarts Location Watcher Service

Incident Map
My teams positions
My new position
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Hotzone Monitor Application

• Hotzone types
• Hospitals
• FireRescue Stations
• Incidents
• Response team members and other resources are
  associated with an incident zone.
• Position of response team members and resources
  are tracked and dynamically updated.
• Call Operator can track or be notified of
  critical events (e.g., resource entering incident
  hotzone)

Incident
Event Log
Hospital
Fire house
Map w/ hotzones and associated mobile resources
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Coordinate with Command Center

• Identify victim (and forward to MECC)
• View victims critical medical information
• Share this information with response team

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MECR Runs as Browser Client Too

• MECR runs on both wireless PDA and in Web
  Browser
• Mobile personnel use PDA
• Desk-bound personnel use Browser
• Different maps generated.

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Best Map Service

• Type of map, symbols and size is defined in
  business rules.
• Evaluates business rules dynamically at runtime.
• Performs schema translation at runtime between
  application-schema and database-schema.
• Connects to 3rd-party Web Map services (e.g.,
  ArcIMS) for data query, access and rendering

Best Map for MECC
Hi-res screen, Many colors, Large display
size, Hi-performance network, Used by stationary
call center operator
Best Map for MECR
Lo-res screen, Few colors, Small display
size, Lo-performance network, Used by mobile
personnel (responders)
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Commitment to the future

• Image Matters investment in userSmarts is 1.5
  million Dollars and we are still investing.
• We are committed to sustain and grow the
  consulting practice in the areas of Emergency
  Response, Smart Web Services and Location-Based
  Services (LBS).
• Currently building the high performance KB
• Have couple of multi-million dollars proposals to
  build the core KB capabilities
• Finalizing the strategic partnership details with
  two fortune 500 companies.

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For Additional Information
Thank You!
Yaser Bishr yaserb_at_image.cc