Chapter Eight
Reasoning
Abstract
This chapter introduces the notion of reasoning in the context of a knowledge base, a main differentiator with standard DBMS. We present the main reasoning methods and reasoners in both standalone and distributed settings.
Keywords
Materialization
Query reformulation (rewriting)
Resolution
Rule-based and Object-based inferences
structural
tableau and consequence-based
8.1. Introduction
RDF stores are the database management systems of the Semantic Web. From a logical point of view, this implies that they may be equipped with access to some form of semantics—that is, predefined in ontologies and on the entities they are managing, such as concepts and properties. Properly processed, the semantics enable ...
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