Combining OWL with RCC for Spatioterminological Reasoning on Environmental Data

A new approach to spatioterminological reasoning is presented which is based on a hybrid knowledge representation system architecture and on a representation of the RCC family tree in OWL. The knowledge base into which the family tree is imported holds role assertions in terms of RCC-8 relations between individual regions. It is a key component of a semantic layer constructed on top of an environmental database which aims at facilitating access to users by supporting a sophisticated while easy-to-use search engine. Issues of world assumption and spatial extension to OWL are discussed.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: OWLED
• Authors: Rolf Grütter, Bettina Bauer-Messmer
• Keywords: Family Tree, Hybrid Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, OWLED 2007, RCC Family Tree