Composite Objects

Area under construction.
Composite objects are objects which are made up of parts, thus having a structure. Typically the parts may also be objects.



My interest in composite objects lies in two (related) areas:

Developing a logical reasoning system that captures our intuitions about how we represent and reason about/with composite objects. This work starts from a description logics base, and publications can be found amongst my publications related to description logics.

Working with composite objects in an information management system. Interesting issues here have to do with versioning of composite objects, sharing of composite objects, and varying views on composite objects. This work is done mostly in the context of my work with the LINCKS system. Publications can be found amongst my publications related to LINCKS.