%% %prefix( : %% owl: %% log: %% descriptions of logics ... %% trans: )% %% ... and translations distributed-ontology Mereology logic Propositional %% logic log:Propositional syntax ser:Prop/Hets %% non-standard serialization built into Hets ontology Taxonomy = %mcons %% basic taxonomic information about mereology reused from DOLCE props PT, T, S, AR, PD . S \/ T \/ AR \/ PD => PT %% PT is the top concept . S /\ T => false %% PD, S, T, AR are pairwise disjoint . T /\ AR => false %% and so on end logic OWL serialization Manchester %% language lang:OWL2 logic log:SROIQ syntax ser:OWL2/Manchester %% OWL Manchester syntax ontology BasicParthood = %% Parthood in SROIQ, as far as easily expressible Class: Particular Class: ParticularCategory SubClassOf: Particular Class: SpaceRegion Class: TimeInterval Class: AbstractRegion Class: Perdurant DisjointUnionOf: SpaceRegion, TimeInterval, AbstractRegion, Perdurant %% pairwise disjointness more compact thanks to an OWL built-in ObjectProperty: isPartOf Characteristics: Transitive ObjectProperty: isProperPartOf Characteristics: Asymmetric SubPropertyOf: isPartOf Class: Atom EquivalentTo: inverse isProperPartOf only owl:Nothing end %% an atom has no proper parts %[ interpretation TaxonomyToParthood : Taxonomy to BasicParthood = PT |-> Particular, S |-> SpaceRegion, T |-> TimeInterval, A |-> AbstractRegion %[ and so on ]% %% logic Propositional2OWL2 %% translation trans:PropositionalToSROIQ %% translate the logic, then rename the entities end logic CommonLogic %% logic log:CommonLogic syntax ser:CommonLogic/CLIF %% syntax: the Lisp-like CLIF dialect of Common Logic ontology ClassicalExtensionalParthood = BasicParthood with OWL2CommonLogic %% translation trans:SROIQtoCL then %% import the OWL ontology from above, translate it to Common Logic, then extend it there: . (forall (X) (if (or (= X S) (= X T) (= X AR) (= X PD)) (forall (x y z) (if (and (X x) (X y) (X z)) (and (if (and (isPartOf x y) (isPartOf y x)) (= x y)) (if (and (isProperPartOf x y) (isProperPartOf y z)) (isProperPartOf x z)) (iff (overlaps x y) (exists (pt) (and (isPartOf pt x) (isPartOf pt y)))) (iff (isAtomicPartOf x y) (and (isPartOf x y) (Atom x))) (iff (sum z x y) (forall (w) (iff (overlaps w z) (and (overlaps w x) (overlaps w y))))) (exists (s) (sum s x y)) ))))) . (forall (Set a) (iff (fusion Set a) (forall (b) (iff (overlaps b a) (exists (c) (and (Set c) (overlaps c a))))))) end ]%