CORBA Architecture

The Camelot system uses CORBA architecture to provide a modular Knowledge Base Management System (KBMS). The benefits of this approach are:

• It makes the implementation details of the KBMS invisible (and irrelevant) to client applications.
• A generic API is defined using CORBA's Interface Definition Language (IDL), which can be mapped to various target languages.
• The application communicates with the KBMS via a CORBA Object Request Broker (ORB) - the DL server and client application may or may not be running on the same physical machine.
• Alternative KBMS components can be substituted without client applications even being aware of the change.

S. Bechhofer, I. Horrocks, P. F. Patel-Schneider, and S. Tessaris. A proposal for a description logic interface. In P. Lambrix, A. Borgida, M. Lenzerini, R. Möller, and P. Patel-Schneider, editors, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Description Logics (DL'99), pages 33-36, 1999.
BibTeX entry, Compressed PS

Sean Bechhofer, Ian Horrocks and Sergio Tessaris. CORBA interface for a DL Classifier. Internal Report. (81Kb compressed postscript)

Those seeking a more "accessible" overview should consult:

S Bechhofer and C A Goble. Delivering Terminological Services. AI*IA Notizie, Periodico dell'Associazione Italiana per l'intelligenza Artificiale.Vol.12, No.1, March 1999.