Abstract:

On the basis of analyzing the W3C standard recommendation rule interchange format (RIF), this paper does the researches of inferring RIF rules, brings up a method of using Jess rule engine to infer RIF rules, gives the algorithm which can translate RIF rules into Jess format and proves its correctness, designs RIF2Jess system which can translate RIF rules into Jess format and use Jess rule engine to get the result. Experiments show that this system makes the translation completely and get the result correctly. This system makes the usage of  RIF rules put into practice possible.

Key words: semantic Web, rule language, rule interchange, Jess rule engine