EDXL-RESCUER Ontology: an Update Based on Faceted Taxonomy Approach

This paper describes an ontology created for the RESCUER1 (Reliable and Smart Crowdsourcing Solution for Emergency and Crisis Management), a project funded by the European Union and the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. RESCUER uses crowdsourcing information for supporting Industrial Parks (InPa) and Security Forces during an emergency situation. The proposal, EDXL-RESCUER ontology, is based on EDXL (Emergency Data Exchange Language), and it aims to be the RESCUER conceptual model related to the coordinating and exchanging of information with legacy systems. The ontology was evaluated with end-users during a workshop and the results show that EDXL-RESCUER is adequate for Emergency and Crisis domain in InPa and Security forces contexts. Specifically, this paper presents an update of EDXL-RESCUER ontology based on a faceted taxonomy approach. Resumo. Este artigo descreve uma ontologia criada para o RESCUER (Reliable and Smart Crowdsourcing Solution for Emergency and Crisis Management), um projeto patrocinado pela Uniao Europeia e pelo Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Inovacao do Brasil. O RESCUER usa informacao do publico para apoiar Parques Industriais e Forcas de Seguranca durante uma emergencia. A ontologia proposta, EDXL-RESCUER, e baseada no EDXL (Emergency Data Exchange Language) e pretende ser o modelo conceitual do RESCUER relacionado a coordenacao e troca de informacao com os sistemas legados. A ontologia foi avaliada com usuarios finais durante um workshop, e os resultados mostram que EDXL-RESCUER e adequada para o dominio de Crises e Emergencias nos contextos de Parques Industrias e Forcas de Seguranca. Especificamente, este artigo apresenta uma atualizacao da EDXL-RESCUER baseada em uma abordagem de taxinomia facetada.

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