Abstract. Both in classical logic and in Answer Set Programming, inconsistency is characterized by non existence of a model. Whereas every formula is a theorem for inconsistent set...
To ensure the re-use of domain ontologies the usual approach relies on a pivot language, e.g., Kif, intoandfromwhich the domainontologyis translated. This requires several distinc...
Abstract: We present DLDB, a knowledge base system that extends a relational database management system with additional capabilities for DAML+OIL inference. We discuss a number of ...
Recent years have witnessed the wide recognition of the importance of ontology and rule in the AI research. In this paper, we report our implementation and evaluation of a rule-ba...
Existing efforts on ontology mapping, alignment and merging vary from methodological and theoretical frameworks, to methods and tools that support the semi-automatic coordination o...