1. EO Information Model Overview Concepts and Relations
Discussion
Non-EO-expert User
works for
Application Terms
Data Terms
Application Domain
creates
High-level Dataset
Processor
Crisis Information
Water Management
Fire Monitoring
is relevant?
Sea Surface Temperature
Digital Elevation Model
Water Mask
> level 2
uses
is a
Dataset
looks at
uses
is a
Sensor-related Dataset
Instrument
Phenomenon
Trace Gas Concentration
Hyperspectral Image
SAR Amplitude/Phase
produces
Hurricane
Flood
Ozone Hole
measures
involves
is described by
Observed Object
Physical Property
has
Pressure, Temperature, Velocity
Spectral Albedo
Texture
S. Kiemle, Ontologies and Discovery Workshop, ESA/ESRIN,

2. Information Model Levels
Discussion
User
Application Terms
Application Domain (e.g. climate change research)
Application field (e.g. sea ice monitoring)
Natural/anthropogenic Phenomenon (e.g. flood, fire, oil spill)
Observed Object/Geo Area
land (e.g. vegetation, water, urban)
ocean (e.g. deep, coast)
atmosphere (e.g. cloud, wind, troposphere, stratosphere)
Data Terms
Physical Property (e.g. spectrum, texture, pressure)
Sensing Characteristics (e.g. polarisation, mode, resolution, sensing quality, repeat cycle)
Processing Characteristics (e.g. algorithmic quality, assimilation method)
S. Kiemle, Ontologies and Discovery Workshop, ESA/ESRIN,