F-OWL: An Inference Engine for Semantic Web [chapter]

Youyong Zou, Tim Finin, Harry Chen
2004 Lecture Notes in Computer Science  
Understanding and using the data and knowledge encoded in semantic web documents requires an inference engine. F-OWL is an inference engine for the semantic web language OWL language based on F-logic, an approach to defining frame-based systems in logic. F-OWL is implemented using XSB and Flora-2 and takes full advantage of their features. We describe how F-OWL computes ontology entailment and compare it with other description logic based approaches. We also describe TAGA, a trading agent
more » ... nment that we have used as a test bed for F-OWL and to explore how multiagent systems can use semantic web concepts and technology.
doi:10.1007/978-3-540-30960-4_16 fatcat:in24iaarkfdqxlw2vhktphmf64