The KarstLink Project: Data sharing for cavers, scientists and managers.

In this major new UIS project, KarstLink, wide and early participation is important. The project is setting up the infrastructure and recommendations to facilitate the responsible discovery, sharing and use of cave and karst data, one of the core aims of UIS. This is now practical by using the latest Internet standards from W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) for Linked Data on the Semantic Web. It will also involve creating a comprehensive ontology and vocabulary describing the data environment of caves and karst, while not duplicating common items in existing ontologies. The project is liaising of course with other organisations interested in cave and karst information.To make sure that the perspective, experience and requirements, including security, for cavers from all countries, for each karst science discipline, and for cave management are properly…
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