Cross: an OWL wrapper for teasoning on relational databases

P.A. Champin, G.J.P.M. Houben, Ph. Thiran

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Abstract

One of the challenges of the Semantic Web is to integrate the huge amount of information already available on the standard Web, usually stored in relational databases. In this paper, we propose a formalization of a logic model of relational databases, and a transformation of that model into OWL, a Semantic Web language. This transformation is implemented in Cross, as an open-source prototype. We prove a relation between the notion of legal database state and the consistency of the corresponding OWL knowledge base. We then show how that transformation can prove useful to enhance databases, and integrate them in the Semantic Web.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 26th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2007) 5-9 November 2007, Auckland, New Zealand
EditorsC. Parent, K.D. Schewe, V.C. Storey, B. Thalheim
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Pages502-517
ISBN (Print)978-3-540-75562-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Eventconference; ER 2007, Auckland, New Zealand; 2007-11-05; 2007-11-09 -
Duration: 5 Nov 20079 Nov 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume4801
ISSN (Print)0302-9743

Conference

Conferenceconference; ER 2007, Auckland, New Zealand; 2007-11-05; 2007-11-09
Period5/11/079/11/07
OtherER 2007, Auckland, New Zealand

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