The relational data model is based on sets of tuples, i.e. it does not allow duplicate tuples in a relation. Many database languages and systems do require multi-set place, the hi...
Abstract. Time is omnipresent on the (Semantic) Web. However, formalism like XML, XML Schema, RDF, OWL and (Semantic) Web query languages have, if any, only very limited notions of...
We introduce the concept of a group principal and present a number of different classes of group principals, including threshold-group-principals. These appear to naturally usefu...
This article reflects an ongoing effort to systematize the use of terms applied by philosophers and computer scientists in the context of ontology and ontological engineering. We s...
Abstract. This article considers the link between theory and practice in agentoriented programming. We begin by rigorously defining a new formal specification language for autono...