The Description Logic Handbook – Theory, Implementation and Applications

Citation

Mann, C.J.H. (2003), "The Description Logic Handbook – Theory, Implementation and Applications", Kybernetes, Vol. 32 No. 9/10. https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2003.06732iae.006

The Description Logic Handbook – Theory, Implementation and Applications

The Description Logic Handbook – Theory, Implementation and Applications

Franz Baader, Diego Calvanese, Deborah McGuiness and Peter Patel-SchneiderCambridge University Press2003ISBN 0-521-78176-0hardback, $120.00 (approx. £80)

Handbooks are becoming increasingly popular as a means of providing information in an easily accessed form. Unfortunately, it is a much misused descriptive term. This text, we are told, was written by well-known researchers in the field and aims at providing the basic technical material to the current state of the subject. Its title implies a wide-ranging coverage of "Description Logic" and the compilers claim to provide a comprehensive guide to the subjects' literature.

Readers may find further information about it on: us.cambridge.org/computerscience