In order to provide for safe navigation we have to improve and automate the processes of vessel comunication and cooperation. This article proposes the formalization of these processes. Ontology is proposed as a supplement to the navigational information ontology. The authors present the possibility of implementing the ontology using the Maritime Information Markup Language (MIML) in an automated system of ships communication and cooperation.
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