OWL Working Group

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W3C Working Group

The OWL Working Group is a W3C committee responsible for developing and maintaining the Web Ontology Language (OWL) standards used to represent rich and complex knowledge on the Semantic Web.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
OWL Working Group canonical	3
W3C Web Ontology Working Group	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7423098 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: OWL Working Group
Context triple: [W3C Semantic Web Activity, coordinates, OWL Working Group]

A. W3C RDF Core Working Group
The W3C RDF Core Working Group was a World Wide Web Consortium group responsible for standardizing the core specifications of the Resource Description Framework (RDF), a foundational technology for the Semantic Web.
B. OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
OWL 2 Web Ontology Language is a W3C-standardized knowledge representation language used to create, share, and reason over rich ontologies on the Semantic Web.
C. OWL DL
OWL DL is a sublanguage of the Web Ontology Language that balances expressive power with computational decidability by adhering closely to description logic foundations.
D. OWL
OWL (Web Ontology Language) is a W3C-recommended semantic web language used to define and share rich, machine-interpretable ontologies on the web.
E. W3C Semantic Web Activity
W3C Semantic Web Activity is a World Wide Web Consortium initiative that coordinates standards, working groups, and community efforts to develop and promote the Semantic Web.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: OWL Working Group
Target entity description: The OWL Working Group is a W3C committee responsible for developing and maintaining the Web Ontology Language (OWL) standards used to represent rich and complex knowledge on the Semantic Web.

A. W3C RDF Core Working Group
The W3C RDF Core Working Group was a World Wide Web Consortium group responsible for standardizing the core specifications of the Resource Description Framework (RDF), a foundational technology for the Semantic Web.
B. OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
OWL 2 Web Ontology Language is a W3C-standardized knowledge representation language used to create, share, and reason over rich ontologies on the Semantic Web.
C. OWL DL
OWL DL is a sublanguage of the Web Ontology Language that balances expressive power with computational decidability by adhering closely to description logic foundations.
D. OWL
OWL (Web Ontology Language) is a W3C-recommended semantic web language used to define and share rich, machine-interpretable ontologies on the web.
E. W3C Semantic Web Activity
W3C Semantic Web Activity is a World Wide Web Consortium initiative that coordinates standards, working groups, and community efforts to develop and promote the Semantic Web.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	W3C Working Group ⓘ
audience	Semantic Web practitioners ⓘ knowledge engineers ⓘ ontology engineers ⓘ
field	Semantic Web ⓘ knowledge representation ⓘ ontology languages ⓘ
goal	enable interoperability of ontologies on the Web ⓘ support automated reasoning on the Semantic Web ⓘ support representation of rich and complex knowledge ⓘ
hasDeliverable	OWL 2 Conformance ⓘ OWL 2 Direct Semantics ⓘ linked to: Direct semantics of OWL 2 OWL 2 Mapping to RDF Graphs ⓘ OWL 2 New Features and Rationale ⓘ OWL 2 Primer ⓘ OWL 2 Profiles ⓘ linked to: OWL 2 RL OWL 2 Quick Reference Guide ⓘ OWL 2 RDF-Based Semantics ⓘ linked to: OWL 2 Mapping to RDF Graphs OWL 2 Structural Specification and Functional-Style Syntax ⓘ linked to: OWL 2 functional-style syntax
languageFamily	Description Logic based languages ⓘ
name	OWL Working Group ⓘ
operatesWithin	W3C Semantic Web Activity ⓘ
outputDocumentType	W3C Candidate Recommendation ⓘ W3C Proposed Recommendation ⓘ W3C Working Draft ⓘ
outputDocumentType	W3C Recommendation ⓘ
parentOrganization	W3C ⓘ linked to: World Wide Web Consortium World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ
relatedStandard	RDF ⓘ RDF Schema ⓘ linked to: RDFS RIF ⓘ SPARQL ⓘ
responsibleForStandard	OWL ⓘ OWL 2 ⓘ linked to: OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Web Ontology Language ⓘ linked to: OWL
scope	Web Ontology Language design ⓘ Web Ontology Language maintenance ⓘ
standardDomain	Semantic Web standards ⓘ linked to: Semantic Web
standardType	knowledge representation language ⓘ ontology language ⓘ
task	coordinate OWL with other Semantic Web standards ⓘ define semantics of OWL ⓘ define syntax of OWL ⓘ develop OWL specifications ⓘ maintain OWL specifications ⓘ produce W3C Recommendations for OWL ⓘ
usesTechnology	RDF ⓘ RDF Schema ⓘ linked to: RDFS

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

W3C Semantic Web Activity → coordinates → OWL Working Group ⓘ

W3C Rule Interchange Format Working Group → collaboratedWith → W3C Web Ontology Working Group ⓘ

linked to: OWL Working Group

OWL Working Group → name → OWL Working Group ⓘ

SPARQL Working Group → coordinatesWith → OWL Working Group ⓘ

Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group → relatedTo → W3C Web Ontology Working Group ⓘ

linked to: OWL Working Group

Peter Patel-Schneider → participatedIn → W3C Web Ontology Working Group ⓘ

linked to: OWL Working Group

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