GNOWSYS: A System for Semantic Computing

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Nagarjuna G.
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Mumbai India 400088,
nagarjun AT gnowledge DOT org,
http://lab.gnowledge.org

Abstract. The purpose of this essay is to introduce a heterogeneous
computing environment with a possibility of semantic and formal anno-
tations, covering the motivation, architecture, and functionality of the
system called GNOWSYS (Gnowledge Networking and Organizing Sys-
tem). GNOWSYS is a system to specify, publish and query about multi-
ple logics, ontologies, and epistemologies. Its kernel includes three seman-
tic layers with increasing order of semantic specification, three groups
of component classes for storing objects of various complexity in the
knowledge base, and three levels of generality with objects belonging to
tokens, types and metatypes. It has component classes for representing
both declarative and procedural knowledge, and the latter specification
is executable enabling semantic and visual computing. It is specially
made for publishing vocabularies, propositions, ontologies, complex sys-
tems, web services, with or without formal annotation. Its architecture
is not frozen, and is still actively taking shape. Hence a purpose of this
communication is also a request for comments.