Maritime Search and Rescue Ontology Construction Based on Protege

In this paper, ontology and ontology tools-protege 4 were introduced. We did some research on maritime search and rescue area, and paid special attention to environment information. Combined with the general guidelines and methods of ontology construction, we defined classes and attributes which were related to the search planning, and established an initial ontology of environment field. The purpose of this research is to share knowledge in the search and rescue area, and to offer solution to the establishment of knowledge database for rescue decision making.