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Managing uncertainty and/or vagueness is starting to play an important role in Semantic Web representation languages. Our aim is to overview basic concepts on representing uncertain and vague knowledge in current Semantic Web ontology and rule languages (and their combination).
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Straccia, U. (2008). Managing Uncertainty and Vagueness in Description Logics, Logic Programs and Description Logic Programs. In: Baroglio, C., Bonatti, P.A., Małuszyński, J., Marchiori, M., Polleres, A., Schaffert, S. (eds) Reasoning Web. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5224. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85658-0_2
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