https://github.com/sisinflab-swot/cowl
🦉 A lightweight C library for working with Web Ontology Language (OWL) ontologies
https://github.com/sisinflab-swot/cowl
api c cplusplus cpp embedded library ontology owl owl2 parser semantic-web web-ontology-language
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🦉 A lightweight C library for working with Web Ontology Language (OWL) ontologies
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sisinflab-swot/cowl
- Owner: sisinflab-swot
- License: epl-2.0
- Created: 2019-07-07T21:46:10.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2026-05-20T10:18:18.000Z (14 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-05-20T14:39:42.741Z (14 days ago)
- Topics: api, c, cplusplus, cpp, embedded, library, ontology, owl, owl2, parser, semantic-web, web-ontology-language
- Language: C
- Homepage: https://swot.sisinflab.poliba.it/cowl
- Size: 2.38 MB
- Stars: 43
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Cowl
*Cowl* is a lightweight C API for working with OWL 2 ontologies, developed by
[SisInf Lab][swot] at the [Polytechnic University of Bari][poliba].
### Documentation
Documentation and build instructions are available [online][docs].
If you are an academic researcher, please refer to the [publications][publications].
### Changelog
See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)
### Copyright and License
Copyright © 2019-2025 [SisInf Lab][swot], [Polytechnic University of Bari][poliba]
Cowl is distributed under the [Eclipse Public License, Version 2.0][epl2].
[docs]: http://swot.sisinflab.poliba.it/cowl
[epl2]: https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0
[poliba]: http://www.poliba.it
[publications]: http://swot.sisinflab.poliba.it/cowl/about/#publications
[swot]: http://swot.sisinflab.poliba.it