For OWL this is more complex than you might think - I know the
(brilliant) work of Matthew Horridge, basically it was his PhD computing
minimal sets of OWL axioms from which a given axiom can be entailed by
an OWL reasoner.

For Jena, we have [1]



[1] https://jena.apache.org/documentation/inference/#derivations


On 27.06.2018 21:37, Kenny Cason wrote:
> In Protégé there is an "explain" button next to each inference, which allows 
> the user to see the path taken to create the inference. This is very handy in 
> answering questions like "how in the world did that inference get made". 
> Instead of starting with axioms and generating an inference, this takes an 
> inference and travels back to the axioms upon which it is based.
>
> Is there a Jena API or process that does the same thing? If so, is it 
> reasoner specific (I'm currently using HermiT)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Kenny Cason
> Radiance Technologies
> Cyber Solutions Group
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>

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