A SHACL-Based Approach for Enhancing Automated Compliance Checking with RDF Data
Automated Compliance Checking (ACC) has emerged as a critical tool for enforcing legal regulations across various domains. This paper contributes to ongoing research in Semantic Web technologies, particularly focusing on the execution of SHACL-SPARQL rules on RDF data. The RDF, being one of the most...
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| description | Automated Compliance Checking (ACC) has emerged as a critical tool for enforcing legal regulations across various domains. This paper contributes to ongoing research in Semantic Web technologies, particularly focusing on the execution of SHACL-SPARQL rules on RDF data. The RDF, being one of the most widely used knowledge representation (KR) formats, serves as the foundation of our approach, ensuring compatibility with existing standards and enhancing interoperability. Our research enhances the aggregate and temporal aspects of ACC by addressing the limitations of traditional ACC methodologies, which often fall short in managing the nuanced temporal and aggregate requirements essential for legal reasoning. Through a case study analysis of selected regulations with aggregate and temporal facets in LI 2204, which regulates local content and participation in Ghana’s upstream petroleum industry, this paper demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed solution in achieving these dimensions of ACC. The findings underscore the potential of Semantic Web technologies to transform ACC practices by moving towards standardized, interoperable solutions. All source codes are freely available online together with instructions to locally reproduce the simulations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0f23b61b4c1a44e49bec79c89cb6df012025-08-20T02:00:23ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892024-11-01151275910.3390/info15120759A SHACL-Based Approach for Enhancing Automated Compliance Checking with RDF DataJoseph Anim0Livio Robaldo1Adam Z. Wyner2School of Law, Swansea University, Wales SA28PP, UKSchool of Law, Swansea University, Wales SA28PP, UKSchool of Law, Swansea University, Wales SA28PP, UKAutomated Compliance Checking (ACC) has emerged as a critical tool for enforcing legal regulations across various domains. This paper contributes to ongoing research in Semantic Web technologies, particularly focusing on the execution of SHACL-SPARQL rules on RDF data. The RDF, being one of the most widely used knowledge representation (KR) formats, serves as the foundation of our approach, ensuring compatibility with existing standards and enhancing interoperability. Our research enhances the aggregate and temporal aspects of ACC by addressing the limitations of traditional ACC methodologies, which often fall short in managing the nuanced temporal and aggregate requirements essential for legal reasoning. Through a case study analysis of selected regulations with aggregate and temporal facets in LI 2204, which regulates local content and participation in Ghana’s upstream petroleum industry, this paper demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed solution in achieving these dimensions of ACC. The findings underscore the potential of Semantic Web technologies to transform ACC practices by moving towards standardized, interoperable solutions. All source codes are freely available online together with instructions to locally reproduce the simulations.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/15/12/759automated compliance checkingRDF and SHACLlegal tech |
| spellingShingle | Joseph Anim Livio Robaldo Adam Z. Wyner A SHACL-Based Approach for Enhancing Automated Compliance Checking with RDF Data Information automated compliance checking RDF and SHACL legal tech |
| title | A SHACL-Based Approach for Enhancing Automated Compliance Checking with RDF Data |
| title_full | A SHACL-Based Approach for Enhancing Automated Compliance Checking with RDF Data |
| title_fullStr | A SHACL-Based Approach for Enhancing Automated Compliance Checking with RDF Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | A SHACL-Based Approach for Enhancing Automated Compliance Checking with RDF Data |
| title_short | A SHACL-Based Approach for Enhancing Automated Compliance Checking with RDF Data |
| title_sort | shacl based approach for enhancing automated compliance checking with rdf data |
| topic | automated compliance checking RDF and SHACL legal tech |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/15/12/759 |
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