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'''Rule Interchange Format''' (RIF) is a proposed component of the [[semantic web]]. The [[World Wide Web Consortium]] is developing it as a potentially recommended format for the interchange of rules in rule-based systems on the semantic web. The goal is to create an interchange format for different rule languages{{Clarifyme|date=February 2009}} and [[inference engine]]s. <ref> Kiefer, Michael (2008). "[http://www.springerlink.com/content/e7v2802743688216/ Rule Interchange Format: The Framework]". ''[[Lecture Notes in Computer Science]]''</ref> |
'''Rule Interchange Format''' (RIF) is a proposed component of the [[semantic web]]. The [[World Wide Web Consortium]] is developing it as a potentially recommended format for the interchange of rules in rule-based systems on the semantic web. The goal is to create an interchange format for different rule languages{{Clarifyme|date=February 2009}} and [[inference engine]]s. <ref> Kiefer, Michael (2008). "[http://www.springerlink.com/content/e7v2802743688216/ Rule Interchange Format: The Framework]". in: Web Reasoning and Rule Systems. ''[[Lecture Notes in Computer Science]]''</ref> |
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An [[Ontology (computer science)|ontology]] describes a set of objects in a machine-readable way; RIF rules describe how to infer new information from an ontology, how to combine it in a useful fashion, or otherwise manipulate and make use of it. |
An [[Ontology (computer science)|ontology]] describes a set of objects in a machine-readable way; RIF rules describe how to infer new information from an ontology, how to combine it in a useful fashion, or otherwise manipulate and make use of it. |
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Revision as of 23:48, 11 September 2009
Rule Interchange Format (RIF) is a proposed component of the semantic web. The World Wide Web Consortium is developing it as a potentially recommended format for the interchange of rules in rule-based systems on the semantic web. The goal is to create an interchange format for different rule languages[clarification needed] and inference engines. [1]
An ontology describes a set of objects in a machine-readable way; RIF rules describe how to infer new information from an ontology, how to combine it in a useful fashion, or otherwise manipulate and make use of it.
RIF describes a number of dialects, initially including a Basic Logic Dialect (BLD) and Production Rule Dialect (PRD).
History
The RIF working group was chartered in late 2005. Among its goals was drawing in members of the commercial rules marketplace. The working group started with more than 50 members and two chairs drawn from industry, Christian de Sainte Marie of ILOG, and Chris Welty of IBM.
See also
- Ontology alignment
- R2ML
- Production Rule Representation - comparable to the dialect of RIF called Production Rule Dialect, although targeting modeling not run-time interchange.
References
- ^ Kiefer, Michael (2008). "Rule Interchange Format: The Framework". in: Web Reasoning and Rule Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science