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KRDB
2003
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Some Practical Issues in Building a Hybrid Deductive Geographic Information System with a DL Component
We report about some preliminary issues from the DFG project “Description Logics and Spatial Reasoning” (“DLS”, DFG Grant NE 279/8-1), one of whose goals is to develop a p...
Michael Wessel
KRDB
2003
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On a Unifying Framework for Comparing Knowledge Representation Schemes
Given the numerous knowledge representation models (KR-schemes) that have been proposed, it would be desirable to have a formal, unifying model for the description of a KR-scheme,...
Giorgos Flouris, Dimitris Plexousakis, Grigoris An...
KRDB
2003
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Optimizing Query Answering in Description Logics using Disjunctive Deductive Databases
Motivated by the possibilities of applying deductive database technology for efficient query answering in description logics, we present a translation operator µ that transforms...
Boris Motik, Raphael Volz
KRDB
2003
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A Framework for Answering Queries using Multiple Representation and Inference Techniques
The Polylog framework is designed to provide a language for efficiently automating complex queries of information represented in multiple formats. A Polylog program contains a set...
Nicholas L. Cassimatis
KRDB
2003
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Knowledge Representation using Schema Tuple Queries
This paper introduces schema tuple queries and argues for their suitability in representing knowledge over standard relational databases. Schema tuple queries are queries that ret...
Michael Minock
KRDB
2003
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Focused Search on the Web using WeQueL
Keyword-based web query languages suffer from a lack of precision when searching for a precise kind of documents. Indeed, some documents cannot be simply characterized by a list o...
Amar-Djalil Mezaour
KRDB
2003
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Expressing Transactions with Savepoints as Non-Markovian Theories of Actions
Flat transactions with savepoints are a variation of the classical flat transactions that allows the user to go undo work done so far back to a certain point within the transacti...
Iluju Kiringa, Alfredo Gabaldon