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Description logic

Description logics (DL) are a family of formal knowledge representation languages. Many DLs are more expressive than propositional logic but less expressive than first-order logic. In contrast to the latter, the core reasoning problems for DLs are (usually) decidable, and efficient decision procedures have been designed and implemented for these…

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Formal description

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Description logic

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples185
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

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Description logic

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related to Further reading · 113
Description logic → ACM, ACM Web Conference, Alessandro Artale, An Ontology Infrastructure, Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, Baader, Bernardo Cuenca Grau, Bijan Parsia, Bolzano, Boris Motik, Bruce Porter, Caglar Demir, Calvanese, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, CEUR, Chapter, Communications
related to Semantic web · 26
Description logic → DAML, DL, Group, In, Language, OIL, OIL DL, Ontology Inference Layer, OWL, OWL DL, OWL Lite, OWL2, Practical, Semantic Web, SH, SHIF, SHIQ, SHOIN, SROIQ, The
related to External links · 8
Description logic → Computer ScienceList, Department, Description Logic Complexity Navigator, Evgeny Zolin, ManchesterDescription Logics Workshop, OWL, Reasoners, University
related to Decision problems · 5
Description logic → ABox, Description Logic Complexity Navigator, In, TBox, The
related to Modal logic · 5
Description logic → Description, DLs, In, Many, ML
related to Formal description · 4
Description logic → DL, FOL, Like, Unlike FOL
related to Fuzzy description logic · 4
Description logic → DLs, Fuzzy, Since, This
related to Syntax · 4
Description logic → FOL, Other, Some, The
related to Terminology compared to FOL and OWL · 4
Description logic → FOL, OWL, The, The Web Ontology Language
related to Naming convention · 3
Description logic → Followed, The, There

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description logic owl concepts displaystyle dl web knowledge dls reasoning mathcal logics concept tbox abox semantic ontology semantics role reasoner

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hasAge or hasNameinstance ofwhich can be used as ranges for roles0.80text
linear temporal logicinstance ofa description logic might be combined with a modal temporal logic0.80text
Description logicrelated to Decision problemsIn0.60section
Description logicrelated to Decision problemsThe0.60section
Description logicrelated to Decision problemsABox0.60section
Description logicrelated to Decision problemsTBox0.60section
Description logicrelated to Decision problemsDescription Logic Complexity Navigator0.60section
Description logicrelated to External linksDescription Logic Complexity Navigator0.60section
Description logicrelated to External linksEvgeny Zolin0.60section
Description logicrelated to External linksDepartment0.60section
Description logicrelated to External linksComputer ScienceList0.60section
Description logicrelated to External linksReasoners0.60section

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