ASPIC
Argumentation Service Platform with Integrated Components
42 month project; started 1 January 2004.
Supported by the EU 6th Framework Programme.
Collaborators
- LogicDIS S.A., Greece (Co-ordinator)
- Advanced Computation Lab., Cancer Research UK, (Technology co-ordinator)
- Zeus Consulting S.A., Greece
- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, France
- University of Liverpool, UK
- University of Utrecht, Netherlands
- City University of New York
Overview
The goal of ASPIC is to develop knowledge-based services based on semantically rich logic formalisms called Argumentation Systems.
Over the last ten years, interest in argumentation has expanded dramatically, driven in part by theo-retical advances but also by successful demonstrations of a wide range of practical applications.
Initially, ASPIC will develop a common framework to underpin the services that are emerging as core functions of the argumentation paradigm. These include reasoning, decision-making, learning and communication. The end goal is a suite of software components based on this framework and a development platform for integrating these components with knowledge (e.g. semantic web) resources and legacy systems. ASPIC will provide a sound basis for discussions of technical standards. ASPIC stresses the need to establish a formal foundation to support the creation, deployment and validation of practical argumentation systems and the core components will be developed using rigorous software engineering techniques.
The consortium includes partners experienced in using argumentation systems in e-Health, e-Commerce, e-Government applications and these scientific areas will provide practical domains for testing and validating technology components. Towards the end of the project, the complete ASPIC platform will be used to demonstrate at least two large-scale applications in knowledge management for product development.
