<s>
The	O
FAO	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
ontology	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Food	O
and	O
Agriculture	O
Organization	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
Nations	O
(	O
FAO	O
)	O
to	O
describe	O
,	O
manage	O
and	O
exchange	O
data	O
related	O
to	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
entities	I-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
countries	O
,	O
territories	O
,	O
regions	O
and	O
other	O
similar	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
often	O
implemented	O
using	O
OWL	B-Language
(	O
Web	B-Language
Ontology	I-Language
Language	I-Language
)	O
,	O
an	O
XML-based	O
standard	O
language	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
interpreted	O
by	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
a	O
non-self-governing	O
territory	O
and	O
a	O
geographical	O
group	O
are	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Datatype	O
properties	O
between	O
individuals	O
and	O
literals	O
or	O
XML	B-Protocol
datatypes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
provides	O
names	O
in	O
seven	O
languages	O
(	O
Arabic	O
,	O
Chinese	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
English	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Russian	O
and	O
Italian	O
)	O
and	O
identifiers	O
in	O
various	O
international	O
coding	O
systems	O
(	O
ISO2	B-Language
,	O
ISO3	B-General_Concept
,	O
AGROVOC	O
,	O
FAOSTAT	O
,	O
,	O
GAUL	O
,	O
UN	O
,	O
UNDP	B-General_Concept
and	O
DBPediaID	O
codes	O
)	O
for	O
territories	O
and	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
the	O
FAO	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
tracks	O
historical	O
changes	O
from	O
1985	O
up	O
until	O
today	O
;	O
provides	O
geolocation	O
(	O
geographical	O
coordinates	O
)	O
;	O
implements	O
relationships	O
among	O
countries	O
and	O
countries	O
,	O
or	O
countries	O
and	O
groups	O
,	O
including	O
properties	O
such	O
as	O
has	O
border	O
with	O
,	O
is	O
predecessor	O
of	O
,	O
is	O
successor	O
of	O
,	O
is	O
administered	O
by	O
,	O
has	O
members	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
in	O
group	O
;	O
and	O
disseminates	O
country	O
statistics	O
including	O
country	O
area	O
,	O
land	O
area	O
,	O
agricultural	O
area	O
,	O
GDP	O
or	O
population	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FAO	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
provides	O
a	O
structured	O
description	O
of	O
data	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
summary	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
objectives	O
of	O
the	O
FAO	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
FAO	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
in	O
and	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Documentation	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
FAO	B-General_Concept
Country	I-General_Concept
Profiles	I-General_Concept
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
contains	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
International	O
codes	O
:	O
UN	O
code	O
–	O
M49	O
,	O
ISO	O
3166	O
Alpha-2	O
and	O
Alpha-3	O
,	O
UNDP	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
,	O
GAUL	O
code	O
,	O
FAOSTAT	O
,	O
AGROVOC	O
FAOTERM	O
and	O
DBPediaID	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FAO	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
OWL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
does	O
not	O
provide	O
individuals	O
of	O
the	O
class	O
"	O
disputed	O
"	O
territories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FAO	O
Geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
is	O
embracing	O
the	O
W3C	O
Linked	O
Open	O
Data	O
(	O
LOD	O
)	O
initiative	O
and	O
released	O
its	O
RDF	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
in	O
March	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RDF	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
is	O
compliant	O
with	O
all	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
,	O
as	O
explained	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
resource	O
in	O
the	O
OWL	B-Language
format	O
of	O
the	O
FAO	O
Geopolitical	B-General_Concept
Ontology	I-General_Concept
has	O
a	O
unique	O
URI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
the	O
current	O
URIs	O
used	O
for	O
OWL	B-Language
format	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
kept	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
backwards	O
compatibility	O
for	O
other	O
systems	O
that	O
are	O
using	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
URIs	O
for	O
the	O
FAO	O
Geopolitical	B-General_Concept
Ontology	I-General_Concept
in	O
LOD	O
were	O
carefully	O
created	O
,	O
using	O
“	O
Cool	O
URIs	O
for	O
Semantic	O
Web	O
”	O
and	O
considering	O
other	O
good	O
practices	O
for	O
URIs	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
DBpedia	B-Application
URIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
URIs	O
of	O
the	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
need	O
to	O
be	O
permanent	O
,	O
consequently	O
all	O
transient	O
information	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
year	O
,	O
version	O
,	O
or	O
format	O
was	O
avoided	O
in	O
the	O
definition	O
of	O
the	O
URIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
identifies	O
the	O
resource	O
with	O
an	O
RDF/XML	O
representation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
“	O
owl:sameAs	O
”	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
map	O
the	O
new	O
URIs	O
to	O
the	O
OWL	B-Language
representation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
triple	O
statements	O
in	O
FAO	O
Geopolitical	B-General_Concept
Ontology	I-General_Concept
is	O
22,495	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FAO	O
Geopolitical	B-General_Concept
Ontology	I-General_Concept
has	O
195	O
links	O
to	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
already	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
LOD	O
Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FAO	O
Geopolitical	B-General_Concept
Ontology	I-General_Concept
provides	O
the	O
entire	O
dataset	O
as	O
a	O
RDF	O
dump	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RDF	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
FAO	O
Geopolitical	B-General_Concept
Ontology	I-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
already	O
registered	O
in	O
CKAN	O
(	O
)	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
requested	O
to	O
add	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
LOD	O
Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FAO	B-General_Concept
Country	I-General_Concept
Profiles	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
information	O
retrieval	O
tool	O
which	O
groups	O
the	O
FAO	O
's	O
vast	O
archive	O
of	O
information	O
on	O
its	O
global	O
activities	O
in	O
agriculture	O
and	O
rural	O
development	O
in	O
one	O
single	O
area	O
and	O
catalogues	O
it	O
exclusively	O
by	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FAO	B-General_Concept
Country	I-General_Concept
Profiles	I-General_Concept
system	O
provides	O
access	O
to	O
country-based	O
heterogeneous	O
data	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
the	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
benefits	O
are	O
expected	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Figure	O
3	O
shows	O
a	O
page	O
in	O
the	O
FAO	B-General_Concept
Country	I-General_Concept
Profiles	I-General_Concept
where	O
the	O
geopolitical	B-General_Concept
ontology	I-General_Concept
is	O
described	O
.	O
</s>
