A Knowledge Base supporting the Technological Research Project TR36035 on Climate Changes and Urban Development

Abstract

The paper presents experiences and outcomes of the two years of development of the Knowledge Base supporting the ongoing Technological research project titled: SPATIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPING SETTLEMENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE – MUTUAL IMPACTS, involving 50 researchers from several Serbian research institutions. Combining the knowledge from two different fields, the one of climate changes that is rapidly growing and enlarging in recent decades, and the one of urban development affected by a range of factors, the Knowledge Base is shaping a very specific knowledge domain, requiring a complex, iterative ontological engineering. After explaining the main technology behind the system and basic functionalities, the structure of contents is resented, as well as the system of further contents (re)structuring. In the final part of the paper, some of the issues and challenges are discussed, related to development and maintaining the knowledge resources supporting research in Serbia