Without Linked Data, transport data is limited to applications exclusively around transport. In this paper, we present a workflow for publishing and linking transport data on the Web. So we will be able to develop transport applications and to add other features which will be created from other datasets. This will be possible because transport data will be linked to these datasets. We apply this workflow to two datasets: NEPTUNE, a French standard describing a transport line, and Passim, a directory containing relevant information on transport services, in every French city. Méditerranée. The feasibility of publishing and interconnecting transport transport into linked data on the web will be studied concretely from two data sources: the directory information services Passim and XML files corresponding to the NEPTUNE format describing public transport routes. Open Data, in France, has been booming for the last 2 years. Open Data is the publication of public data, free of charge and in open formats so that people who want to use them can do it. This phenomenon is closely linked with the term Linked Data. It refers to a set of best practices for publishing and interlinking structured data on the Web. These best practices were introduced by Tim BernersLee and have become known as the Linked Data principles. simply an ontology represents knowledge as a set of concepts within a domain, and the relationships between those concepts. Categories and Subject Descriptors The directory Passim [3] is published by the CERTU 4 . It identifies and provides a list of information services on French passenger transport and other mobility services. Its content is managed by the CETE Méditerranée. In practice, the directory is a website which retrieves the relevant services for a city or territory in France, distinguishing between modes or types of transport (car, transit, etc.) and perimeter (urban, departmental, and regional). Services are at least web sites, sometimes including phone services, or mobile applications (in the future it could also be Web services Each column is separated by the character ';'. The names of these columns are self-explanatory, here is a small example of a CSV line:
Plu & Scharffe REF describe the publication of the Passim and NEPTUNE datasets as linked data.
Publishing and linking transport data on the Web
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