Ontology-driven relational query formulation using the semantic and assertional capabilities of OWL-DL

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 144-159

  Munir, K ^a   Odeh, M ^a   McClatchey, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data retrieval; Domain knowledge; Information systems; Ontology; Query formulation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORKS; DATA RETRIEVAL; DATABASE SCHEMAS; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; DOMAIN ONTOLOGIES; END-USERS; MEDICAL DOMAINS; ONTOLOGY-BASED QUERY; PRE-PROCESSING; PROBLEM DOMAIN; QUERY FORMULATION; RELATIONAL DATABASE; RELATIONAL QUERIES; RELATIONAL QUERY FORMULATION; SEMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS; TEST CASE; TRANSACTIONAL DATA;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; QUERY LANGUAGES; SEMANTICS;

RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84866508487     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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