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Interoperability of GIS
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:47:41
Abstract
Content: Transform geodata with the same content between files with a different structure.Topics: System-neutral and model-driven approach with reality selection, conceptual modeling, flexible standard formats, one-to-one processors, semantic transformation.Methods: Conceptual schema languages (UML and INTERLIS), data formats (ITF, XML), tools (ILI-Checker, Python, UMLT, FME, ModelBaker).
Objective
- Explain and apply the model-driven approach based on standards - Describe and use interoperability types - Describe transfer formats and reformat them by one-to-one processors - Explain object-oriented modelling (based on graphical and textual representation) - Describe and use communication technologies and OGC Web services - UML, EBNF, INTERLIS, ITF, XML, Python, FME, ModelBaker (QGIS), and PostgreSQL - Apply appropriate software tools
Content
This lecture mainly treats the semantic interoperability of GIS, which describes a system-independent and model-driven approach for transforming geodata with the same content but different structure from one format into another (and vice versa). The list of topics entails the reality selection, conceptual modeling, flexible standard formats, one-to-one processors, and semantic transformation. In addition to introducing important concepts for semantic interoperability in theory, two popular workflows are presented and trained over several weeks, which include the conceptual schema languages UML and INTERLIS, the flexible transfer formats ITF and XML, the ILI-Checker, Python as parser, and UMLT with FME vs. ModelBaker (QGIS) with PostgreSQL for the semantic transformation.
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- session examination
- Mode
- oral 30 minutes
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| lecture with exercise | Interoperability of GIS |
|
3 h weekly |