Methods for computing the least common subsumer (lcs) are usually restricted to rather inexpressive Description Logics (DLs) whereas existing knowledge bases are written in very e...
We address the problem of reasoning with instances of heterogeneously formalized ontologies. Given a set of semantic mappings, reconciling conceptual and instance level heterogenei...
Several description frameworks to semantically describe and match services on the one hand and service requests on the other have been presented in the literature. Many of the curr...
This paper discusses the important issue of knowledge base comprehensibility and describes a technique for comprehensibility improvement. Comprehensibility is often measured by si...
Atsushi Sugiura, Maximilian Riesenhuber, Yoshiyuki...
The purpose of the chapter is to help someone familiar with DLs to understand the issues involved in developing an ontology for some universe of discourse, which is to become a co...