This paper proposes an Ontology-based Rights Expression Language, called OREL. Based on OWL Web Ontology Language, OREL allows not only users but also machines to handle digital r...
We present a novel reasoning calculus for Description Logics (DLs)--knowledge representation formalisms with applications in areas such as the Semantic Web. In order to reduce the ...
The exploration of large information spaces is a difficult task, especially if the user is not familiar with the terminology used to describe information. Conceptual models of a do...
Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Anita de Waard, Ravinder Bh...
Abstract. This paper presents some important directions in the use of ontologybased semantics in achieving the vision of Autonomic Communications. We examine the requirements of Au...
David Lewis, Kevin Feeney, Kevin Carey, Thanassis ...
The development of more and more complex distributed applications over large networks of computers has raised the problem of semantic interoperability across applications based on ...
Paolo Bouquet, Bernardo Magnini, Luciano Serafini,...