Mechanisms for Importing Modules

Abstract The current OWL 2 specification provides mechanisms for importing whole ontologies. This paper discusses the import of only a module of an external ontology, which is specified by a set of terms (classes and properties) and defined in such a way that it contains “all knowledge” of the external ontology about these terms. We discuss possible design choices for such an import mechanism, based on the well-understood properties of logic-based module extraction techniques.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: SEMWEB
• Authors: Bijan Parsia, Ulrike Sattler, Thomas Schneider
• Keywords: External Ontology, Internet Technology, Logic-based Module Extraction, SEMWEB 2009, Specification Provides Mechanisms