目前,我国已经构建大量不同级别、面向不同应用的地名词典,网络大众化地名服务成为地名词典的必然发展趋势。该文提出一种基于XML Schema的多源异构地名词典集成方法,以XML Schema对地名词典进行数据描述,采用XSLT数据转换方法,运用MapForce软件,快速进行地名词典的数据结构映射,能够有效解决地名词典的跨平台及数据类型不统一问题。
Digital gazetteers,as special geographical information systems,aim to bridge the gap between textural description and geometric representation of geographical references.They provide information on named features,linking the feature′s name with its location and its type,and have been growing in importance recently as the basis of a range of services,including wayfinding,georeferencing,geographical information retrieval,natural language processing and digital cities.A big problem for Chinese gaze...