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A possible simplification of the semantic web architecture

Bernardo Cuenca Grau

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Abstract

In the semantic Web architecture, Web ontology languages arebuilt on top of RDF(S). However, serious difficulties have arisen when trying to layer expressive ontology languages, like OWL, on top of RDF-Schema. Although these problems can be avoided, OWL (andthe whole semantic Web architecture) becomes much more complex than it should be. In this paper, a possible simplification of thesemantic Web architecture is suggested, which has several import antadvantages with respect to the layering currently accepted by the W3C Ontology Working Group.

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In the semantic Web architecture, Web ontology languages arebuilt on top of RDF(S). However, serious difficulties have arisen when trying to layer expressive ontology languages, like OWL, on top of RDF-Schema. Although these problems can be avoided, OWL (andthe whole semantic Web architecture) becomes much more complex than it should be. In this paper, a possible simplification of thesemantic Web architecture is suggested, which has several import antadvantages with respect to the layering currently accepted by the W3C Ontology Working Group.

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In the semantic Web architecture, Web ontology languages arebuilt on top of RDF(S). However, serious difficulties have arisen when trying to layer expressive ontology languages, like OWL, on top of RDF-Schema. Although these problems can be avoided, OWL (andthe whole semantic Web architecture) becomes much more complex than it should be. In this paper, a possible simplification of thesemantic Web architecture is suggested, which has several import antadvantages with respect to the layering currently accepted by the W3C Ontology Working Group.

Key concepts: Computer science, OWL-S, Semantic Web Stack, Semantic Web Rule Language, Semantic Web, RDF, Social Semantic Web, World Wide Web

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