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Translating OWL and semantic web rules into prolog: Moving toward description logic programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2008

KEN SAMUEL ,
LEO OBRST ,
SUZETTE STOUTENBERG ,
KAREN FOX ,
PAUL FRANKLIN ,
ADRIAN JOHNSON ,
KEN LASKEY ,
DEBORAH NICHOLS ,
STEVE LOPEZ  and
JASON PETERSON
KEN SAMUEL
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102-7508 (e-mail: samuel@mitre.org, lobrst@mitre.org, klaskey@mitre.org, dlnichols@mitre.org)
LEO OBRST
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102-7508 (e-mail: samuel@mitre.org, lobrst@mitre.org, klaskey@mitre.org, dlnichols@mitre.org)
SUZETTE STOUTENBERG
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, 1155 Academy Park Loop, Colorado Springs, CO 80910-3716 (e-mail: suzette@mitre.org, kfox@mitre.org, pfranklin@mitre.org, abjohnson@mitre.org, slopez@mitre.org, jasonp@mitre.org)
KAREN FOX
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, 1155 Academy Park Loop, Colorado Springs, CO 80910-3716 (e-mail: suzette@mitre.org, kfox@mitre.org, pfranklin@mitre.org, abjohnson@mitre.org, slopez@mitre.org, jasonp@mitre.org)
PAUL FRANKLIN
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, 1155 Academy Park Loop, Colorado Springs, CO 80910-3716 (e-mail: suzette@mitre.org, kfox@mitre.org, pfranklin@mitre.org, abjohnson@mitre.org, slopez@mitre.org, jasonp@mitre.org)
ADRIAN JOHNSON
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, 1155 Academy Park Loop, Colorado Springs, CO 80910-3716 (e-mail: suzette@mitre.org, kfox@mitre.org, pfranklin@mitre.org, abjohnson@mitre.org, slopez@mitre.org, jasonp@mitre.org)
KEN LASKEY
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102-7508 (e-mail: samuel@mitre.org, lobrst@mitre.org, klaskey@mitre.org, dlnichols@mitre.org)
DEBORAH NICHOLS
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102-7508 (e-mail: samuel@mitre.org, lobrst@mitre.org, klaskey@mitre.org, dlnichols@mitre.org)
STEVE LOPEZ
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, 1155 Academy Park Loop, Colorado Springs, CO 80910-3716 (e-mail: suzette@mitre.org, kfox@mitre.org, pfranklin@mitre.org, abjohnson@mitre.org, slopez@mitre.org, jasonp@mitre.org)
JASON PETERSON
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, 1155 Academy Park Loop, Colorado Springs, CO 80910-3716 (e-mail: suzette@mitre.org, kfox@mitre.org, pfranklin@mitre.org, abjohnson@mitre.org, slopez@mitre.org, jasonp@mitre.org)
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Abstract

We are researching the interaction between the rule and the ontology layers of the Semantic Web, by comparing two options: 1) using OWL and its rule extension SWRL to develop an integrated ontology/rule language, and 2) layering rules on top of an ontology with RuleML and OWL. Toward this end, we are developing the SWORIER system, which enables efficient automated reasoning on ontologies and rules, by translating all of them into Prolog and adding a set of general rules that properly capture the semantics of OWL. We have also enabled the user to make dynamic changes on the fly, at run time. This work addresses several of the concerns expressed in previous work, such as negation, complementary classes, disjunctive heads, and cardinality, and it discusses alternative approaches for dealing with inconsistencies in the knowledge base. In addition, for efficiency, we implemented techniques called extensionalization, avoiding reanalysis, and code minimization.

Keywords

Semantic WebLogic programmingKnowledge compilationOntologiesRules

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Theory and Practice of Logic Programming , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , May 2008 , pp. 301 - 322
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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