Revisiting default description logics – and their role in aligning ontologies

TitleRevisiting default description logics – and their role in aligning ontologies
Publication TypeConference Papers
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsSengupta, K, Hitzler, P, Janowicz, K
EditorSupnithi, T, Yamaguchi, T, Pan, JZ, Wuwongse, V, Buranarach, M
Conference NameSemantic Technology, 4th Joint International Conference, JIST 2014
Volume8943
Pagination3-18
Date Published11/2014
PublisherLecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer
Conference LocationChiang Mai, Thailand
Keywordsdefault logic, defaults, description logics, Ontology Alignment
Abstract

We present a new approach to extend the Web Ontology Language (OWL) with the capabilities to reason with defaults. This work improves upon the previously established results on integrating defaults with description logics (DLs), which were shown to be decidable only when the application of defaults is restricted to named individuals in the knowledge base. We demonstrate that the application of defaults (integrated with DLs) does not have to be restricted to named individuals to retain decidability and elaborate on the application of defaults in the context of ontology alignment and ontology-based systems.

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-15615-6_1
Refereed DesignationRefereed

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