Abstract
The study attempts to acquire, distribute, and utilize the outcrop information as digital information. We aim at construction of an open system which is available in a various position, and then establishment of standard technology for the realization of the system. The purpose of this paper is to consider and carry out manufacture of "Outcrop Information Vocabulary (OIV)" as the first stage of the study. Since outcrop information is basic primary information, the semantic web technology is employed to associate with various other systems on the Web; for instance, OIV is designed with use of ontology and described by Web Ontology Language (OWL). The OIV includes 14 classes including "FieldObservation" class to describe field observation. Moreover, we create test system which field researchers use to test the effectiveness of OIV. The result leads to the conclusion that files created by use of OIV are easy of mutual alteration and association function with other XML-base format, therefore, OIV has high affinity with existing technology.
