Ontological model of multi-source smart space content for use in cultural heritage trip planning

Abstract

This paper presents ontological model for storage of cultural heritage and trip planning information in Smart Space. This model combines external information service-specific ontologies to the one generic ontology and provides easy way to construct distributed Smart Space-based service from various modules. Cultural heritage information presented in ontological model is used to search and recommend attractions. The paper contains proposed high-level service architecture and description of various use cases which are verified presented ontological model.

Keywords

• Ontological model
• Trip planning
• Smart space
• Historical information