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Does it Scale?
The "Pragmatic" Pattern


  • The alternative (more realistic?) pattern:
    • ℘Ω(ℛ(RDFS,OWL),Ω); where:
      • ℛ(RDFS,OWL) is an off-the-shelf OWL reasoner
      • Ω is an ontology based on RDFS+OWL
      • ℘Ω is an extra application layer
        • it (may) use a general reasoner
        • it “knows” about Ω, and extends reasoning accordingly
    • an application means:
      • define metadata ℳΩ , based on Ω
      • use ℘Ω to deduce facts, answer questions

Ivan Herman, W3C 27 (62)