Introduction to logical information systems

  • Authors:
  • S. Ferré;O. Ridoux

  • Affiliations:
  • UWA, Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, UK;Irisa/IFSIC, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France

  • Venue:
  • Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Logical information systems (LIS) use logic in a uniform way to describe their contents, to query it, to navigate through it, to analyze it, and to maintain it. They can be given an abstract specification that does not depend on the choice of a particular logic, and concrete instances can be obtained by instantiating this specification with a particular logic. In fact, a logic plays in a LIS the role of a schema in databases. We present the principles of LIS, the constraints they impose on the expression of logics, and hints for their effective implementation.