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Evaluation of query rewriting approaches for OWL 2

Evaluation of query rewriting approaches for OWL 2
Evaluation of query rewriting approaches for OWL 2
Query answering over ontologies is a crucial feature in contexts such as ontology-based data access and semantic information integration. There is considerable research interest in using query rewriting for efficient and scalable query answering: instead of evaluating a given query over the ontology with the (potentially very large) data directly, one rewrites the query with respect to the relevant knowledge in the ontology, and delegates the evaluation of the computed rewriting to a (possibly deductive) database system where the data resides. In this paper we examine the performance and scalability of producing unions of conjunctive queries versus datalog queries as rewritings. We present an empirical comparison between two representative approaches that consider very expressive ontology languages.
Pérez-Urbina, Héctor
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Rodriguez-Diaz, Edgar
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Grove, Michael
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Konstantinidis, George
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Sirin, Evren
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Pérez-Urbina, Héctor
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Rodriguez-Diaz, Edgar
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Grove, Michael
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Konstantinidis, George
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Sirin, Evren
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Pérez-Urbina, Héctor, Rodriguez-Diaz, Edgar, Grove, Michael, Konstantinidis, George and Sirin, Evren (2012) Evaluation of query rewriting approaches for OWL 2. Joint Workshop on Scalable and High-Performance Semantic Web Systems (SSWS+ HPCSW 2012), , Boston, United States. 32 pp .

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Query answering over ontologies is a crucial feature in contexts such as ontology-based data access and semantic information integration. There is considerable research interest in using query rewriting for efficient and scalable query answering: instead of evaluating a given query over the ontology with the (potentially very large) data directly, one rewrites the query with respect to the relevant knowledge in the ontology, and delegates the evaluation of the computed rewriting to a (possibly deductive) database system where the data resides. In this paper we examine the performance and scalability of producing unions of conjunctive queries versus datalog queries as rewritings. We present an empirical comparison between two representative approaches that consider very expressive ontology languages.

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Published date: 2012
Venue - Dates: Joint Workshop on Scalable and High-Performance Semantic Web Systems (SSWS+ HPCSW 2012), , Boston, United States, 2012-11-11

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Local EPrints ID: 504286
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/504286
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Author: Héctor Pérez-Urbina
Author: Edgar Rodriguez-Diaz
Author: Michael Grove
Author: George Konstantinidis
Author: Evren Sirin

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