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OWL Orthogonal Extension

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Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (BIR 2012)

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It is critical for knowledge bases to capture the reality in direct and intuitive way. OWL ontology language was designed for this goal. In this paper we study the limitations of the OWL open world semantics for the task of knowledge capture and retrieval. We propose a new mechanism based on the closed world semantics that alleviates part of the limitations. Further we describe a system where both OWL and the new mechanisms interoperate together. Finally, we outline some immediate applications and further research directions.

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  1. Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia, Raina blvd. 29, LV-1459, Riga, Latvia

    Renārs Liepiņš, Janis Barzdins & Lelde Lace

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  1. Higher School of Economics, Dept. of Information Systems and Technologies, National Research University, Bol. Pecherskaya 25, 603155, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    Natalia Aseeva  & Eduard Babkin  & 

  2. Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Bol. Pecherskaya 25, 603155, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    Oleg Kozyrev

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Liepiņš, R., Barzdins, J., Lace, L. (2012). OWL Orthogonal Extension. In: Aseeva, N., Babkin, E., Kozyrev, O. (eds) Perspectives in Business Informatics Research. BIR 2012. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 128. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33281-4_2

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