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Description Logics

In: Handbook on Ontologies

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  • Franz Baader

    (Institut für Theoretische Informatik)

  • Ian Horrocks

    (Oxford University)

  • Ulrike Sattler

    (University of Manchester)

Abstract

Summary In this chapter, we explain what description logics are and why they make good ontology languages. In particular, we introduce the description logic $$SHIQ$$ , which has formed the basis of several well-known ontology languages, including OWL. We argue that, without the last decade of basic research in description logics, this family of knowledge representation languages could not have played such an important rôle in this context. Description logic reasoning can be used both during the design phase, in order to improve the quality of ontologies, and in the deployment phase, in order to exploit the rich structure of ontologies and ontology based information. We discuss the extensions to $$SHIQ$$ that are required for languages such as OWL and, finally, we sketch how novel reasoning services can support building ontologies.

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  • Franz Baader & Ian Horrocks & Ulrike Sattler, 2009. "Description Logics," International Handbooks on Information Systems, in: Steffen Staab & Rudi Studer (ed.), Handbook on Ontologies, pages 21-43, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ihichp:978-3-540-92673-3_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92673-3_1
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