]> 2012-02-11T04:18:38-05:00 Ontology-enabled virtual observatories: semantic integration in practice (ns) Virtual Observatories can provide access to vast stores of scientific data: observations and models. As these electronic stores become widely used, there is potential to improve the efficiency, interoperability, collaborative potential, and impact of a wide range of interdisciplinary scientific research. In order to realize this potential, technical challenges need to be addressed concerning (at least) representations and interoperability of data, access, and usability. In the Virtual Solar Terrestrial Observatory (VSTO) project, we provide an electronic repository of observational data spanning the solar-terrestrial physics domain. VSTO is a distributed, scalable education and research environment for searching, integrating, and analyzing observational, experimental and model databases in the fields of solar, solar-terrestrial and space physics (SSTSP) and utilizes semantic web technologies. We are also implementing tools and infrastructure for accessing and using the data. Our main contributions include the repository, infrastructure, and tools for the particular solar terrestrial physics as well as the design and infrastructure that may be broadened to cover more diverse science areas and communities of use. inproceedings Proceedings of the Electronic Geophysical Year, Virtual Observatories in Geosciences (VOIG) mcguinness2007ontology-enabled Ontology-enabled virtual observatories: semantic integration in practice 2007 Year Title Natural science Tag Paper url June Month Key Booktitle Bibtype Tony Darnell James L. Benedict Patrick West Luca Cinquini Jose M. Garcia Stan Solomon Don Middleton Peter Fox Deborah L. McGuinness Author Denver, CO. Address Abstract Publication Proceeding Paper Conference Paper