ring

• using webized prolog which basically means that atoms can be IRIs
• besides top-down reasoning with conclusion :- premise rules, it also does bottom-up reasoning with conclusion :+ premise rules
• variables are interpreted universally except for conclusion :+ premise conclusion-only variables which are interpreted existentially
• bottom-up reasoning can use stable(n) to fail if the deductive closure at level n is not yet stable
• bottom-up reasoning steps are performed as bus((conclusion_inst :+ premise_inst))
• queries are posed as true :+ premise and answered as bus((true :+ premise_inst))
• inference fuses are defined as false :+ premise and blown as bus(false :+ premise_inst)) with return code 2

rationale for bottom-up reasoning with conclusion :+ premise rules

• conclusion can be a conjunction
• conclusion can be false to blow an inference fuse
• conclusion can be true to pose a query
• conclusion can not be any other built-in
• conclusion-only variables are existentials
• performing bottom-up steps bus/1
• avoiding loops that could occur with top-down reasoning

installation and test

• install Scryer Prolog and run the tests

  git clone https://github.com/eyereasoner/ring
  cd ring/etc
  ./test
  

background

• personal notes by Tim Berners-Lee: Design Issues
• book of Markus Triska: The Power of Prolog