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Datalog Extensions for Tractable Query Answering over Ontologies

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We survey a recently introduced family of expressive extensions of Datalog, called Datalog±, which is a new framework for representing ontologies in the form of integrity constraints, and for query answering under such constraints. Datalog± is derived from Datalog by allowing existentially quantified variables in rule heads, and by enforcing suitable properties in rule bodies, to ensure decidable and efficient query answering. We first present different languages in the Datalog± family, providing tight complexity bounds for nearly all cases. We then show that such languages are general enough to capture the most common tractable ontology languages. In particular, Datalog± can express the DL-Lite family of description logics and F-Logic Lite. Datalog± is a natural and very general framework that can be employed in different contexts such as data integration and exchange.

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  1. Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance, University of Oxford, Eagle House, Walton Well Road, Oxford, OX2 6ED, UK

    Andrea Calì

  2. Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QD, UK

    Andrea Calì, Georg Gottlob & Thomas Lukasiewicz

  3. Institut für Informationssysteme, Technische Universität Wien, Favoritenstraße 9-11, 1040, Wien, Austria

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  4. Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance, University of Oxford, Blue Boar Court, 9 Alfred Street, Oxford, OX1 4EH, UK

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Calì, A., Gottlob, G., Lukasiewicz, T. (2010). Datalog Extensions for Tractable Query Answering over Ontologies. In: de Virgilio, R., Giunchiglia, F., Tanca, L. (eds) Semantic Web Information Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04329-1_12

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