Temporal Reasoning for Supporting Temporal Queries in OWL 2.0

Sotiris Batsakis; Kostas Stravoskoufos; Euripides G.M. Petrakis

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23851-2_57

Temporal Reasoning for Supporting Temporal Queries in OWL 2.0

Sotiris Batsakis, Kostas Stravoskoufos, Euripides G.M. Petrakis

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Abstract

We propose an approach for reasoning and querying over temporal information in OWL ontologies. Representing both qualitative temporal (i.e., information whose temporal extents are unknown such as "before", "after" for temporal relations) in addition to quantitative information (i.e., where temporal information is defined precisely e.g., using dates) is a distinctive feature of the proposed ontology. Qualitative representations are very common in natural language expressions such as in free text or speech and can be proven to be valuable in the Semantic Web. Reasoning rules applying over temporal relations, infer implied relations, detect inconsistencies and retain soundness, completeness and tractability over the supported sets of relations using path consistency. Temporal representations are defined on time instants rather than on intervals (as it is typical in the literature), resulting into simpler yet equivalent representations. A SPARQL-based temporal query language capable of exploiting the characteristics of the underlying representation is also implemented and discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems
Subtitle of host publication	15th International Conference, KES 2011, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 12-14, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1
Editors	Andreas König, Andreas Dengel, Knut Hinkelmann, Koichi Kise, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	558-567
Number of pages	10
Volume	LNAI 6881
Edition	Part 1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642238512
ISBN (Print)	9783642238505
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23851-2_57
Publication status	Published - 6 Sep 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	15th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - Kaiserslautern, Germany Duration: 12 Sep 2011 → 14 Sep 2011 Conference number: 15 https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783642238659

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Number	Part 1
Volume	6881 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	15th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems
Abbreviated title	KES 2011
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Kaiserslautern
Period	12/09/11 → 14/09/11
Internet address	https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783642238659

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Batsakis, S., Stravoskoufos, K., & Petrakis, E. G. M. (2011). Temporal Reasoning for Supporting Temporal Queries in OWL 2.0. In A. König, A. Dengel, K. Hinkelmann, K. Kise, R. J. Howlett, & L. C. Jain (Eds.), Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: 15th International Conference, KES 2011, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 12-14, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1 (Part 1 ed., Vol. LNAI 6881, pp. 558-567). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6881 LNAI, No. Part 1). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23851-2_57

Batsakis, Sotiris ; Stravoskoufos, Kostas ; Petrakis, Euripides G.M. / Temporal Reasoning for Supporting Temporal Queries in OWL 2.0. Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: 15th International Conference, KES 2011, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 12-14, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1. editor / Andreas König ; Andreas Dengel ; Knut Hinkelmann ; Koichi Kise ; Robert J. Howlett ; Lakhmi C. Jain. Vol. LNAI 6881 Part 1. ed. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. pp. 558-567 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Part 1).

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Batsakis, S, Stravoskoufos, K & Petrakis, EGM 2011, Temporal Reasoning for Supporting Temporal Queries in OWL 2.0. in A König, A Dengel, K Hinkelmann, K Kise, RJ Howlett & LC Jain (eds), Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: 15th International Conference, KES 2011, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 12-14, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1. Part 1 edn, vol. LNAI 6881, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), no. Part 1, vol. 6881 LNAI, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 558-567, 15th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 12/09/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23851-2_57

Temporal Reasoning for Supporting Temporal Queries in OWL 2.0. / Batsakis, Sotiris; Stravoskoufos, Kostas; Petrakis, Euripides G.M.

Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: 15th International Conference, KES 2011, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 12-14, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1. ed. / Andreas König; Andreas Dengel; Knut Hinkelmann; Koichi Kise; Robert J. Howlett; Lakhmi C. Jain. Vol. LNAI 6881 Part 1. ed. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. p. 558-567 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6881 LNAI, No. Part 1).

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Batsakis S, Stravoskoufos K, Petrakis EGM. Temporal Reasoning for Supporting Temporal Queries in OWL 2.0. In König A, Dengel A, Hinkelmann K, Kise K, Howlett RJ, Jain LC, editors, Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: 15th International Conference, KES 2011, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 12-14, 2011, Proceedings, Part 1. Part 1 ed. Vol. LNAI 6881. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 2011. p. 558-567. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Part 1). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-23851-2_57

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