Knowledge Systems Laboratory
Stanford University

Abstract: Description Logics Emerge from Ivory Towers

Description logic (DL) has existed as a field for a few decades yet only somewhat recently has appeared to transform from an area of academic interest to an area of broad interest. This paper provides a brief historical perspective of description logic developments that have impacted DL usability to include communities beyond universities and research labs. This paper provides one perspective on this evolution.

Deborah L. McGuinness. ``Description Logics Emerge from Ivory Towers''. Stanford Knowledge Systems Laboratory Technical Report KSL-01-08 2001. In the Proceedings of the International Workshop on Description Logics. Stanford, CA, August 2001. abstract. The word version of the paper is available as is the postscript version and the html version.

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