{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3080917084","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24963/kr.2020/78","title":"Knowledge-Preserving Certain Answers for SQL-like Queries","display_name":"Knowledge-Preserving Certain Answers for SQL-like Queries","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3080917084","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24963/kr.2020/78","mag":"3080917084"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.24963/kr.2020/78","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.24963/kr.2020/78","pdf_url":"https://proceedings.kr.org/2020/78/kr2020-0078-toussaint-et-al.pdf","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://proceedings.kr.org/2020/78/kr2020-0078-toussaint-et-al.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5036993967","display_name":"Etienne Toussaint","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98677209","display_name":"University of Edinburgh","ror":"https://ror.org/01nrxwf90","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Etienne Toussaint","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Edinburgh"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Edinburgh","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5089657548","display_name":"Paolo Guagliardo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0756-5787"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98677209","display_name":"University of Edinburgh","ror":"https://ror.org/01nrxwf90","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Paolo Guagliardo","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Edinburgh"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Edinburgh","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069883356","display_name":"Leonid Libkin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6698-2735"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210149507","display_name":"\u00c9cole des Neurosciences de Paris","ror":"https://ror.org/05re0sm29","country_code":"FR","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39804081","https://openalex.org/I4210149507"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98677209","display_name":"University of Edinburgh","ror":"https://ror.org/01nrxwf90","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210153280","display_name":"NeoGenomics (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/04vj14y69","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210153280"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I29607241","display_name":"\u00c9cole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure - PSL","ror":"https://ror.org/05a0dhs15","country_code":"FR","type":"funder","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2746051580","https://openalex.org/I29607241"]}],"countries":["FR","GB","US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Leonid Libkin","raw_affiliation_strings":["ENS Paris","Neo4j","University of Edinburgh"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"ENS Paris","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210149507","https://openalex.org/I29607241"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Neo4j","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210153280"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Edinburgh","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5036993967"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.2718,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.64434689,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"758","last_page":"767"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11010","display_name":"Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11010","display_name":"Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10215","display_name":"Semantic Web and Ontologies","score":0.9980999827384949,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11106","display_name":"Data Management and Algorithms","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7920027375221252},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sql","display_name":"SQL","score":0.7617452144622803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relational-database","display_name":"Relational database","score":0.568549633026123},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/semantics","display_name":"Semantics (computer science)","score":0.48505276441574097},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/leverage","display_name":"Leverage (statistics)","score":0.466894268989563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.43233931064605713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.4026125371456146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/database","display_name":"Database","score":0.38328009843826294},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.1788465976715088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.14150172472000122}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7920027375221252},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C510870499","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47607","display_name":"SQL","level":2,"score":0.7617452144622803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C5655090","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192588","display_name":"Relational database","level":2,"score":0.568549633026123},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184337299","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1437428","display_name":"Semantics (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.48505276441574097},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153083717","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6535263","display_name":"Leverage (statistics)","level":2,"score":0.466894268989563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.43233931064605713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.4026125371456146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.38328009843826294},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.1788465976715088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.14150172472000122}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.24963/kr.2020/78","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.24963/kr.2020/78","pdf_url":"https://proceedings.kr.org/2020/78/kr2020-0078-toussaint-et-al.pdf","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:HAL:hal-03128504v1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://inria.hal.science/hal-03128504","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402512","display_name":"HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1294671590","host_organization_name":"Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1294671590"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"KR 2020 - 17th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Sep 2020, Rhodes / Virtual, Greece. pp.758-767, ⟨10.24963/kr.2020/78⟩","raw_type":"Conference papers"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.ed.ac.uk:publications/ef35f346-0917-4ad1-beb6-d77df36af6ec","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11820/ef35f346-0917-4ad1-beb6-d77df36af6ec","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400321","display_name":"Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I98677209","host_organization_name":"University of Edinburgh","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":""}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.24963/kr.2020/78","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.24963/kr.2020/78","pdf_url":"https://proceedings.kr.org/2020/78/kr2020-0078-toussaint-et-al.pdf","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4378070110","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"N023056","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334627","funder_display_name":"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5288895031","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334627","funder_display_name":"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G53695486","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"EP/N023056/1","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334627","funder_display_name":"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5458651130","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"M025268","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334627","funder_display_name":"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6244725262","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"Centre for Doctoral Training","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334627","funder_display_name":"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8400180575","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"EP/M025268/1","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334627","funder_display_name":"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320006","display_name":"Royal Society","ror":"https://ror.org/03wnrjx87"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320328290","display_name":"Fondation Sciences Math\u00e9matiques de Paris","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334627","display_name":"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council","ror":"https://ror.org/0439y7842"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3080917084.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3080917084.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":35,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W88577015","https://openalex.org/W1482134990","https://openalex.org/W1489672817","https://openalex.org/W1529207010","https://openalex.org/W1551808273","https://openalex.org/W1599313152","https://openalex.org/W1969340050","https://openalex.org/W1985239372","https://openalex.org/W1990391007","https://openalex.org/W2003017562","https://openalex.org/W2010272308","https://openalex.org/W2066579853","https://openalex.org/W2072191579","https://openalex.org/W2097244109","https://openalex.org/W2099367286","https://openalex.org/W2142864156","https://openalex.org/W2153320571","https://openalex.org/W2187676271","https://openalex.org/W2297697128","https://openalex.org/W2626311727","https://openalex.org/W2739885613","https://openalex.org/W2808178090","https://openalex.org/W2907466697","https://openalex.org/W3044618224","https://openalex.org/W4230049890","https://openalex.org/W4238580417","https://openalex.org/W6629040674","https://openalex.org/W6652943896","https://openalex.org/W6674843002","https://openalex.org/W6677187490","https://openalex.org/W6686862482","https://openalex.org/W6713531292","https://openalex.org/W6752479680","https://openalex.org/W6778312375","https://openalex.org/W7014946396"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2573939812","https://openalex.org/W2120098008","https://openalex.org/W1639806124","https://openalex.org/W4366145086","https://openalex.org/W2902831276","https://openalex.org/W4385834214","https://openalex.org/W3022423983","https://openalex.org/W2540682188","https://openalex.org/W12347151","https://openalex.org/W2957025774"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Answering":[0],"queries":[1,100,116,127,147,228],"over":[2],"incomplete":[3,46,86,153,230],"data":[4,78,199,223],"is":[5,169],"based":[6,39],"on":[7,40,229],"finding":[8],"answers":[9,218],"that":[10,106,117],"are":[11,19],"certainly":[12],"true,":[13],"independently":[14],"of":[15,32,84,141,144,191,216,236],"how":[16],"missing":[17],"values":[18],"interpreted.":[20],"This":[21],"informal":[22],"description":[23],"has":[24],"given":[25],"rise":[26],"to":[27,75,90,115,185,197],"several":[28],"different":[29],"mathematical":[30],"definitions":[31],"certainty.":[33],"To":[34,137],"unify":[35],"them,":[36],"a":[37,81,178,213],"framework":[38,182],"\"explanations\",":[41],"or":[42],"extra":[43],"information":[44,92,156],"about":[45],"data,":[47,120],"was":[48,72,113],"recently":[49],"proposed.":[50],"It":[51],"partly":[52],"succeeded":[53],"in":[54,101,122,148],"justifying":[55],"query":[56,202],"answering":[57],"methods":[58],"for":[59,97,146,209,219,226],"relational":[60,221],"databases":[61,87,154],"under":[62],"set":[63,77],"semantics,":[64,173],"but":[65],"had":[66],"two":[67],"major":[68],"limitations.":[69],"First,":[70],"it":[71,112],"firmly":[73],"tied":[74],"the":[76,142,210,220,233],"model,":[79],"and":[80,135,187,193,201,225],"fixed":[82,177],"way":[83],"comparing":[85],"with":[88],"respect":[89],"their":[91,172],"content.":[93],"These":[94],"assumptions":[95],"fail":[96],"real-life":[98],"database":[99],"languages":[102],"such":[103],"as":[104],"SQL":[105,126],"use":[107],"bag":[108,222],"semantics":[109],"instead.":[110],"Second,":[111],"restricted":[114],"only":[118],"manipulate":[119],"while":[121],"practice":[123],"most":[124],"analytical":[125],"invent":[128],"new":[129],"values,":[130],"typically":[131],"via":[132],"arithmetic":[133],"operations":[134],"aggregation.":[136],"leverage":[138],"our":[139],"understanding":[140],"notion":[143],"certainty":[145],"SQL-like":[149],"languages,":[150],"we":[151,207],"consider":[152],"whose":[155],"content":[157],"may":[158],"be":[159],"enriched":[160],"by":[161],"additional":[162],"knowledge.":[163],"The":[164,180],"knowledge":[165],"order":[166],"among":[167],"them":[168],"derived":[170],"from":[171],"rather":[174],"than":[175],"being":[176],"priori.":[179],"resulting":[181],"allows":[183],"us":[184],"capture":[186],"justify":[188],"existing":[189],"notions":[190],"certainty,":[192],"extend":[194],"these":[195],"concepts":[196],"other":[198],"models":[200],"languages.":[203],"As":[204],"natural":[205],"applications,":[206],"provide":[208],"first":[211],"time":[212],"well-founded":[214],"definition":[215],"certain":[217],"model":[224],"value-inventing":[227],"databases,":[231],"addressing":[232],"key":[234],"shortcomings":[235],"previous":[237],"approaches.":[238]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-04-21T08:09:41.155169","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}