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Inferencing

Inferencing is the process of deducing (inferring) new information from information you already know. This is a very promising concept coming out of the Semantic Web that offers the ability to discover new relationships and new insights across large amounts of seemingly unrelated data.

The purpose of this section is to introduce the concept of inferencing, then show you some of the ways that inferencing can be used in Mulgara.

In This Section

Introduction to Inferencing

Inferencing and Mulgara

OWL-Lite Operations Using iTQL

SOFA

Inferencing Examples Using SOFA and iTQL

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