Land Based Classification Standards (LBCS) - OWL2

by American Planner's Association (APA)

LBCS standard intends to categorize dimension or urban space and provide information about land use. Standard breaks up classification into Activity, Function, Structure Type, Site Development Character, and Ownership

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Assessment

Open License No
Transferable to Other Jurisdictions Yes

Coding of LBCS makes it possible to break down the data so it may be aggregated to larger jurisdictions. In addition, the standard organizes the terminology for classifying land use and typically is implements within a relational database of geo-referenced spatial units
Stakeholder Participation No

APA devised the standard along with six other federal agencies
Consensus-Based Governance No

Standard has no mailing list or forum to offer advice/file issues with publishers
Extensions Yes

Format is modular so that data can be shared, reused, and extended
Human Readable Yes

Standard utilizes defined vocabularies, semantics, and identifiers to categorize schema. Standard can be used for classifying georeferenced spatial units that are stored in a shapefile
Machine Readable Yes

LBCS suggests storing multidimensional land use data in relational databases. The LBCS allows each concept to be modeled off an OWL class. Can establish a hierarchical structure for through the OWL subclass system. However, these schemas are NOT mandatory for LBCS adoption. Data for the standard is intended to be georeferenced
Requires Up-To-Date / Real-Time Data No
Metadata Yes

The standard moves towards applying the OWL2 ontology language for the Semantic Web. This structural framework applies extensive literature logic that can be manipulated with OWL2 tools