An Approach to Information Management for AIR7000 with Metadata and Ontologies

This paper discusses the concept ‘metadata’, and shows its importance in information collection and dissemination activities. We also show that the information management components of maritime patrol and response mandate the effective use of metadata. We then propose an approach based on Semantic Technologies including the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Upper Ontologies, for the implementation of metadata based dissemination services for AIR 7000. A preliminary architecture is proposed. While the architecture is not yet operational, it highlights the challenges that need to be overcome in any solution to the information management tasks of AIR 7000, and provides a possible form for the solution. APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE