Although sorts and unary predicates are semantically identical in order-sorted logic, they are classified as different kinds of properties in formal ontology (e.g. sortal and non...
We integrate ontology languages and logic programming (LP) by extending disjunctive logic programs (DLPs) and their semantics in order to support inverses and an infinite univers...
In this paper, we describe the process specification language ConGolog and show how it can be used to model business processes for requirements analysis. In ConGolog, the effects...
The use of Description Logic as the basis for Semantic Web Languages has led to new requirements with respect to scalable and nonstandard reasoning. In this paper, we address the p...
Recently XML is the standard format used for the exchange of data between information systems and is also frequently applied as a logical database model. If we use XML as a logical...