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EPC Exhibit 13238.3 October 1, 2009 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Dewey Section To: Caroline Kent, Chair Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee Cc: Members of the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee Karl E. Debus-López, Chief, U.S. General Division From: Michael Panzer, Assistant Editor Dewey Decimal Classification OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Via: Joan S. Mitchell, Editor in Chief Dewey Decimal Classification OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Re: Expressing Classification Schemes with OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Attached is a paper co-authored with Professors Marcia Lei Zeng and Athena Salaba of Kent State University for presentation at the 11th International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) in February 2010. The theme of the conference is “Paradigms and conceptual systems in knowledge organization.”Marcia Lei Zeng, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA Michael Panzer, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, Ohio, USA Athena Salaba, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA Expressing Classification Schemes with OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Exploring issues and opportunities based on experiments using OWL 2 for three classification schemes Abstract: Based on the research on three general classification schemes, this paper discusses issues encountered when expressing classification schemes in SKOS and explores opportunities of resolving major issues using OWL 2 Web Ontology Language. 1. Background The year 2009 has witnessed the new releases of two major encoding languages for knowledge organization systems: SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference (2009), a W3C recommendation released in August, and OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Structural Specification and Functional-Style Syntax (2009), a W3C Proposed Recommendation as of 22 September, along with a set of OWL 2 documents. The releases reflect major changes implemented in the