Some Research Trends in KRDB (position paper.pdf

Some research trends in KRDB p osition pap er Paolo Bresciani IRST via Sommarive I Trento Povo Italy brescianirstitcit Abstract In recent years applications based on database b etween knowledge representation and database mo deling to ols and those based on Description Logic systems are pro Borgida The basic one is that b oth databases and gressively converging towards integrated technologies that try knowledge bases seek to capture in simplied symb olic mo d to overcome the limits of each single discipline Therefore a els the relevant knowledge ab out p ortions of the world and great call for an integrated view of Description Logics and their b ehaviors In this way this knowledge can b e repro Database is emerging duced b oth statically and dynamically into computer ap In this p osition pap er some research topic in the database plications in order to give some b enets to the users as for area for which Description Logics seem very promising due example the ability of examining the informative content of to their richer formalism and inference mechanisms are men the real world even considering p ossible evolutions with tioned In particular we list some of them in the eld of out involving real access or mo dication of it but only acting database conceptual mo deling and in the eld of intelligent on the mo del information access