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In the context of geographic information and ISO/TC 211 vocabulary, an application schema consists in an application level conceptual schema rendering to a certain level of detail a universe of discourse described as data. Such data is typically required by one or more applications (ISO/TC211 ISO19109:2005, 2005). Typically, additional information not found in the schema is included in a feature catalogue to semantically enrich the schema. Levels of details regarding schemata (models) and catalogues (data dictionaries) are described in the cross-references.
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An application schema documents the content and the logical structure of geographic data along with manipulating and processing operations of the application to a level of details that allows developers to set up consistent, maintainable, and unambiguous geographic databases and related applications...
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Brodeur J, Bédard Y, Proulx MJ (2000) Modelling geospatial application databases using UML-based repositories aligned with international standards in geomatics. In: Eighth ACM symposium on advances in geographic information systems, Washington, DC (ACMGIS)
ISO/TC211 ISO19109:2005 (2005) Geographic information – rules for application schema (ISO)
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Brodeur, J., Badard, T. (2016). Application Schema. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H., Zhou, X. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23519-6_63-2
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