SimDL: a model ontology driven digital library for simulation systems

  • Authors:
  • Jonathan Leidig;Edward A. Fox;Kevin Hall;Madhav Marathe;Henning Mortveit

  • Affiliations:
  • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg , VA, USA;Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA;Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA;Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA;Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 11th annual international ACM/IEEE joint conference on Digital libraries
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

We propose a digital library design to support epidemic and public health simulation experiments in which model ontologies direct collection organization, user interface construction, and discovery. We have developed a SimDL instantiation of the ontological design tailored for a typical experimentation workflow. SimDL relies on an XML Schema description of a simulation model to form a domain and model specific ontology. We show this approach useful in building digital libraries to support collaborative simulation efforts.