01658nas a2200205   4500008004100000245006300041210006200104260000900166300001200175490000600187520102000193653002101213653001501234653002001249100002001269700001501289700001401304700001701318856011701335       2008                        eng d00aTopic maps management in spatial-temporal multimedia blogs0 aTopic maps management in spatialtemporal multimedia blogs  c2008  a92 - 990 v63 aWeb-based blogging has entered the mainstream of society as an easy way to publish information, and it is exponentially increasing the data volume and its related complexity. Spatial-temporal information (Where and When contexts) contained inside multimedia postings needs to be better semantically handled by search engines or by end-users as current web blogs still lack semantic support. The semantic web community has promoted Topic Maps as a technology that reduces the lack of semantics regarding optimization of information creation, exchange, navigation, merging, and dissemination. This paper introduces a new layer that combines blogging standards (e.g. RSS and Atom) with the Topic Maps data model for semantic-augmented and interoperable information exchange support. In addition, the paper includes examples from the Isfahan Islamic Architecture DataBase (IIADB) project, the pilot user of the topic maps layer bridging the semantic gap of multimedia postings in a historical and architectural context.10aMultimedia blogs10aTopic maps10aWeb based blogs1 aRajbhandari, S.1 aAndres, F.1 aNaito, M.1 aWuwongse, V.  uhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-56849111393&partnerID=40&md5=8bf91066001e7e131a7ed018919772f3