OIL in a Nutshell

Currently computers are changing from single isolated devices into entry points into a worldwide network of information exchange and business transactions. Support in data, information, and knowledge exchange is becoming the key issue in current computer technology. Ontologies will play a major role in supporting information exchange processes in various areas. A prerequisite for such a role is the development of a joint standard for specifying and exchanging ontologies. The purpose of the paper is precisely concerned with this necessity. We will present OIL, which is a proposal for such a standard. It is based on existing proposals such as OKBC, XOL and RDF, enriching them with necessary features for expressing ontologies. The paper sketches the main ideas of OIL.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: EKAW
• Authors: Dieter Fensel, Ian Horrocks, Frank van Harmelen, Stefan Decker, Michael Erdmann, Michel C. A. Klein
• Keywords: EKAW 2000, Information Exchange, Information Exchange Processes, Information Management, Single Isolated Devices