We present a resolution-based decision procedure for the description logic SHOIQ--the logic underlying the Semantic Web ontology language OWL-DL. Our procedure is goal-oriented, an...
Typing of lambda-terms in Elementary and Light Affine Logic (EAL , LAL resp.) has been studied for two different reasons: on the one hand the evaluation of typed terms using LAL ...
With the increasing development of real applications using Semantic Web Technologies, it is necessary to provide scalable and efficient ontology querying and reasoning systems. In ...
Abstract. We address the revision problem for knowledge bases (KBs) in Description Logics (DLs). This problem has received much attention in the ontology management and DL communit...
Description Logics (DLs) are a family of logic based knowledge representation formalisms. Although they have a range of applications, they are perhaps best known as the basis for ...