In the context of the Semantic Web or semantic peer to peer systems, many ontologies may exist and be developed independently. Ontology alignments help integrating, mediating or re...
FaCT (Fast Classification of Terminologies) is a Description Logic (DL) classifier that can also be used for modal logic satisfiability testing. The FaCT system includes two reason...
: The main thesis of this paper is that in order to use Description Logics in practical applications, a seamless integration with object-oriented system development methodologies m...
Abstract. We describe the instance store, a system for reasoning about individuals (i.e., instances of classes) in OWL ontologies. By using a hybrid reasoner/database architecture,...
Abstract. Classical Description Logics (DLs) are not suitable to represent vague pieces of information. The attempts to achieve a solution have lead to the birth of fuzzy DLs and r...