Axiom Pinpointing
It serves as a starting point for researchers interested in ontology-related problems, but is incremental as it reviews existing work without introducing new methods or results.
The paper provides a general overview of axiom pinpointing, which is the task of identifying specific axioms in an ontology that cause a consequence, summarizing basic notions, approaches, and applications from the literature.
Axiom pinpointing refers to the task of finding the specific axioms in an ontology which are responsible for a consequence to follow. This task has been studied, under different names, in many research areas, leading to a reformulation and reinvention of techniques. In this work, we present a general overview to axiom pinpointing, providing the basic notions, different approaches for solving it, and some variations and applications which have been considered in the literature. This should serve as a starting point for researchers interested in related problems, with an ample bibliography for delving deeper into the details.