The OWL and the Architect

The OWL and the Architect: A Framework for Knowledge-Based Systems Formalizing REA and Built Upon OWL and SCA

This book describes the OTTER project. OTTER stands for Ontology Technology That Executes Real-Time. It is a prototype project that proves that a KBS framework can provide the technology on which to develop small and large scale KBS applications.

Table of Contents

Part I Current & Future State of Knowledge-Based Systems
Chapter 1 The Current State of KBS
Chapter 2 KBS Future State 23

Part II Prototyping the Future State of KBS 43
Chapter 3 The OTTER Prototype Overview 45
Chapter 4 The OTTER Executable Ontologies
Chapter 5 Reality and Imagination
Chapter 6 REA Pizza Stores Simulation

Part III Transition to the Future KBS
Chapter 7 Next Steps
Chapter 8 Summary

Part IV Appendices
Appendix A Semantic Conferences
Appendix B Business Process Execution
Appendix C BPEL Reference Syntax