Semantic Web Languages and Semantic Web Services as Application Areas for Answer Set
Axel Polleres, Leopold Franzens · 2005
In the Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services areas there are still unclear issues concerning an appropriate language. Answer Set Programming and ASP Engines can be particularly interesting for Ontological Reasoning, especially in the light of ongoing discussions of non-Monotonic extensions for Ontology Languages. Previously, the main concern of discussions was around OWL and Description Logics. Recently many extensions and suggestions for Rule Languages and Semantic Web Languages pop up, particularly in the the context of Semantic Web Services, which involve the meta-data description of Services instead of static data on the Web only. These languages involve OWL-S, SWRL, WSML, SWSL, etc. This provides a glance at ongoing efiorts, initiatives and challenges in this area and initial pointers where Answer Set Programming research could possibly hook in.