Is there something like SESAME for OWL

Question

Sesame is for RDF, so if I want to use OWL is there anythin?

Answer 1

Sesame ought to be ok for OWL. If you need a friendlier api try jena, which is fairly similar, but provides an OWL 'view' of the RDF via the Ontology api.

For example:

RDFNode myClass = model.get("http://example.com/ont#MyClass");
OntClass theClass = myClass.as(OntClass.class); // view rdf via Ontology api
theClass.listInstances(); // returns iterator over instances
theClass.addDisjointWith(otherClass);

Jena also supports OWL inferencing using a rule engine, or via pellet.

Answer 2

Jena is a triple-centric API. If you want something actually geared towards OWL, you should try the OWLAPI

Answer 3

I believe Sesame supports only RDF Schema inferencing out of the box. If you want to use OWL inferencing with Sesame you might need to use an external inferencer for it and also decide what level and version of OWL you need.

OWL 1.0

• List item
• OWL Lite
• OWL DL (Description Logic)
• OWL Full

OWL 2.0

• OWL 2 EL
• OWL 2 QL
• OWL 2 RL

Answer 4

Have a look at OWLIM, which is an OWL reasoner compatible with Sesame.