Abstract
We present the OWL API, a high level Application Programming Interface (API) for working with OWL ontologies. The OWL API is closely aligned with the OWL 2 structural specification. It supports parsing and rendering in the syntaxes defined in the W3C specification (Functional Syntax, RDF/XML, OWL/XML and the Manchester OWL Syntax); manipulation of ontological structures; and the use of reasoning engines. The reference implementation of the OWL API, written in Java, includes validators for the various OWL 2 profiles-OWL 2 QL, OWL 2 EL and OWL 2 RL. The OWL API has widespread usage in a variety of tools and applications. © 2011-IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11-21 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Semantic Web |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- API
- Application development
- Java
- OWL
- Reasoning
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