Automated legal assessment in OWL 2

Saskia Van De Ven, Joost Breuker, Rinke Hoekstra, Lars Wortel

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Abstract

In this paper we describe HARNESS, a legal knowledge-based system that is developed in the context of ESTRELLA. This system is primarily aimed at the task of legal assessment, i.e. determining whether some case violates and/or complies with legal norms. We explain how the sound and complete reasoning provided by OWL-DL reasoners is exploited by a careful representation of norms, using examples from law on taxation of gifts. We describe a plugin for Protégé 4 that enables easy experimentation for this system, powered by Pellet.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLegal Knowledge and Information Systems
PublisherIOS Press
Pages170-175
Number of pages6
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781586039523
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Number1
Volume189
ISSN (Print)0922-6389
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8314

Keywords

  • Exception hierarchy
  • Law
  • Legal assessment
  • OWL

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