Central and East European
Society for Phenomenology

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Relation elements for the semantic web

Cartik R. KothariDavid J. Russomanno

pp. 275-286

Abstract

The investigation into the intrinsic nature of relations has led to the development of the Relation Element theory. At present, there is no significant initiative to comprehensively describe the intrinsic nature of relations in ontological representations for the Semantic Web. The use of relation elements can describe the nature of relations in knowledge domains beyond the capabilities of currently popular knowledge representation paradigms for the Semantic Web such as OWL and DAML. With this in mind, this paper presents an implementation of the relation element theory for the Semantic Web using the reification feature of RDF/RDFS. The reasons for the inability to use DAML or OWL for defining relation elements are discussed with possible solutions. Finally, some of the possible benefits of using relation elements to define the intrinsic nature of relations for Semantic Web applications are also proposed and demonstrated in this paper.

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Wolff Karl Erich, Pfeiffer Heather D., Delugach Harry (2004) Conceptual structures at work: 12th international conference on conceptual structures. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 275-286

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-27769-9_18

Full citation:

Kothari Cartik R., Russomanno David J. (2004) „Relation elements for the semantic web“, In: K. Wolff, H. D. Pfeiffer & H. Delugach (eds.), Conceptual structures at work, Dordrecht, Springer, 275–286.