We present OntoScene, a framework aimed at understanding the semantics of visual scenes starting from the semantics of their elements and the spatial relations holding between them. OntoScene exploits ontologies for representing knowledge and Prolog for specifying the interpretation rules that domain experts may adopt, and for implementing the SceneInterpreter engine. Ontologies allow the designer to formalize the domain in a reusable way and make the system modular and interoperable with existing multiagent systems, while Prolog provides a solid basis to define complex rules of interpretation in a way that can be affordable even for people with no background in Computational Logics. The domain selected for experimenting OntoScene is that of prehistoric rock art, which provides us with a fascinating and challenging testbed.

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OntoScene，一个基于逻辑的场景解释器：在摇滚艺术领域的实现和应用

我们提出了 OntoScene，这是一个旨在从视觉场景元素的语义和它们之间的空间关系开始理解视觉场景语义的框架。OntoScene 利用本体表示知识，利用 Prolog 指定领域专家可能采用的解释规则，并实现 SceneInterpreter 引擎。本体允许设计者以可重用的方式形式化领域，并使系统模块化并与现有的多智能体系统互操作，而 Prolog 为定义复杂的解释规则提供了坚实的基础，即使没有相关背景的人也可以负担得起。计算逻辑。选择用于试验 OntoScene 的领域是史前岩石艺术，它为我们提供了一个引人入胜且具有挑战性的测试平台。