Summary of Owloop: Interfaces For Mapping Owl Axioms Into Oop Hierarchies, by Luca Buoncompagni and Fulvio Mastrogiovanni
OWLOOP: Interfaces for Mapping OWL Axioms into OOP Hierarchies
by Luca Buoncompagni, Fulvio Mastrogiovanni
First submitted to arxiv on: 14 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO); Robotics (cs.RO); Software Engineering (cs.SE)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed OWLOOP API tackles the challenge of mapping Ontology Web Language (OWL) axioms within the Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) paradigm. The issue lies in the mismatch between OWL’s dynamic reasoning algorithms and OOP’s static hierarchies, which are typically decoupled using the factory-based paradigm. However, this approach limits polymorphism and introduces a paradigm shift. To address this, OWLOOP exploits the factory to provide novel OOP interfaces for ontology axioms, enabling modularity in software architectures that utilize logic reasoning. The paper details the OWL-to-OOP mapping mechanism and showcases its benefits and limitations through examples of a robot in a smart environment. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper explains how it solves a problem with using Ontology Web Language (OWL) in computer programming. Currently, there’s no easy way to combine OWL’s logical thinking with the popular Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) style. The solution is called OWLOOP API and helps software developers create more modular and flexible systems that can use logic reasoning. |
