GEO-ONTOLOGY DATA MODEL

FOR CULTURAL DATABASE

IMPLEMENTATION

Objectives

To develop a relationship between the era of antique

and cultural heritage (ancient remains and

archaeology site).

To show the discovery of antique and storage

facilities.

To study the antique is relates with period of time.

Geo-Ontology (Geo-spatial+Ontology)

Geo-Ontology is the results from analysis and

modeling of ontology in geo-spatial application. This is

defined by concepts and the relationships to represent

the abstract from real-geographic space.

In order to produce : Machine-readable knowledge

representation → “A machine-understand theory of (human) meaning. (C.Legg, 2007)”

Geo-Ontology

Geo-ontology = {C, R, F, I, A}

C = Concepts of Geo-Spatial R = Relations of Geo-Spatial F = Functions of Geo-Spatial I = Instances of Geo-Spatial A = Axioms of Geo-Spatial

Research Domain

Study relationship between antique, discovered location and

preserved location.

Collect data about cultural heritage site, antique, period of

time, materials, arts, architecture, language and etc.

Design relationship between Time (period and time span),

antique and place (location and cultural heritage sites in EWCC).

Support Thai and English Languages

Museum

Phra Pathom Chedi National Museum, Thailand

Vat Phou Museum, LAO

U-thong National Museum, Thailand

Somdet Phra Narai National Museum, Thailand

Ontology model

รูปท่ี 3.3 คลาสแหลงมรดกทางวัฒนธรรมไทย (TCH_Place)

TCH_Place

Ancient_Remain Archaeological_

Site Historical_Park

ID

Name

Address Latitude

Longitude Important Image

Trip

Telephone_Number

Useful OtherName Registration

Museum

Example the information of antique

Beads (Agate)

U-thong National Museum,

Thailand

Stone Jewellery

Somdet Phra Narai National Museum,

Thailand

Geo-Ontology Development System

SPARQL

• Network

• User Interface

• Query

• Ontology Tools

• RDF

• Inference engine

Spatial and data module

Geo-Ontology

Presentation

/ XML

Tropology

Data Model

The relationship between antique, place (ancient remain and

archeology site) and time (period)

antique

Data Model

The Relationship between antique and period

antique

Geo-Ontology Development System

User Query method

Geo-Ontology Development System

antique Categories model

antique Categories model

Materials

antique Categories model

Religion

Place

antique Categories model

Age

antique Categories model

Art

Language

antique Categories model

antique type

Digital Museum antique Categories and Search

Keyword Search

antique categories

Digital Museum

Show all antique

Digital Museum

Example of antique description

Lion figurine (Singha) Description

The discovery of antique

and storage facilities Discovery place

Uthong National Museum

Digital Museum

Show antique from keyword search

Study in period of time

In past projects have added a period of time. In

addition to showing only the era only. ฺBecause the

era name is the only information for locality

Study in period of time

Name : รูปสิงหสําริด (Lion figurine: Singha)

Type : เครื่องประดับ (Accessory)

Material : สําริด (Bronze)

Art : ทวารวดี (Dvaravati)

Age : ทวารวดี (Dvaravati)

Period of time : พุทธศตวรรษที่ 12-14

(7th-9th centuries A.D.)

Description : รูปสิงหสําริด ศิลปะทวารวดี ประมาณพุทธศตวรรษ

ที่ 12-14 หรือราว 1,200-1,400 ปที่ผานมา พบ

ภายในเมืองโบราณอูทอง อําเภออูทอง จังหวัด

สุพรรณบุรี

Discovery place : เมืองโบราณอูทอง อําเภออูทอง จังหวัดสุพรรณบุรี

Storage place: พิพิธภัณฑสถานแหงชาติ อูทอง

Study in period of time

Show period of time in website (Digital Museum).

Period of time

Lion figurine (Singha) Description

Conclusion

Geo-Ontology data model was developed to display the antique description such as materials used in the production, language, art, age, period of time, discovery and storage facilities, etc. The system can also be searched by key word, and the relationship of antique in addition to details of antique ago. Can display the location of a place where people meet and where the storage map on Google map.

The study of antique that time. Some the antique found only the age. Does not indicate clearly that was created in period of time or the era. It is impossible to identify the time of precise moment. So the researchers cannot put a period of time to this object.