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Knowledge Sharing and Reuse in IBROW. Baseline Libraries and Web Technology. Contents of the Talk. KMI Baseline Library Contents, Organization, Use and Reuse Tool Support for browsing/editing library components Web-Onto, Tadzebao
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Knowledge Sharing and Reuse in IBROW Baseline Libraries and Web Technology
Contents of the Talk • KMI Baseline Library • Contents, Organization, Use and Reuse • Tool Support for browsing/editing library components • Web-Onto, Tadzebao • Tool Support for interoperating with the library over the web • KMI Lisp Web Server • KA Support for using the library over the web • Internet Reasoning System
Components of Knowledge Sharing • Epistemological Framework • UPML Architecture, TMDA • Modelling Language • UPML, OCML • Libraries • KMI Library of Problem Solving Components • Interoperability Support • CORBA, Lisp Server • KA Support • IBROW Broker, IRS
Problem Solving Methods Domains Organization of the Library Problem Types Parametric Design Propose&Revise KMI Office Allocation KMI Office Allocation as parametric design solved by Propose&Revise Applications Base Ontology
Features of the Library • Organization driven by generic problem type • Parametric Design, Classification, etc.. • Use of different types of formal ontologies • Task, method, domain, application, base ontology • Notions of Tasks and PSMs are part of the base ontology • Supports different approaches to PSM modelling • Based on the OCML modelling language • Operational components • Runs on several common lisp environments
Use of the Library • Office Allocation • Sisyphus1, KMI Office Allocation • Elevator Configuration • VT • Engineering Design • sliding bearing design, truck cab design, casting technology design • Knowledge Management • Planet-Onto, BAE-Workbook • Health-care • HC-ReMa, PatMan, Rich-ODL projects • Classification • RockyIII
Success story but..... • Reuse only for power users • High entry costs • No tool support for reuse • Reuse only through “dive-in process” • No support for interoperability • Straightforward reuse only within lisp images
Lowering Entry Costs • Web-based browsing, editing and visualization support • Web-Onto, Tadzebao tools • Access through the web • KMI Web Lisp Server • Addressing non-power-users • KMI Internet Reasoning Service
Web-Onto and Tadzebao: Main Points • Support for web-based editing and browsing of ontologies • Platform-Independent • Integration of Knowledge Modelling (OCML) with Groupware (Tadzebao) • Automatic generation of Oracle DB schemata for end-user application delivery
KMI Internet Reasoning Service • Builds on KMI Modelling and Internet Technology • Uses library, OCML, Web-Onto, Lisp Web Server • Puts the library on the web “for real” • From browsing to execution • Aims to support different types of reuse • Direct reuse (very low reuse costs) • Parametric reuse (low reuse costs) • Plug&Play • Manual (power users) • IBROW broker
Problem Solving Methods Domain Simple Direct-Reuse Scenario Problem Types Classification Simple-classifier Apples Minerals Apple Classification Minearal Classification Applications Base Ontology
Define Classification Task Ontology class classification-task relation best-match relation class-has-match-score class standard-class-instance-match-score relation better-match-score rule standard-match-score-comparison function the-better-match-score relation has-feature function feature-value class standard-feature-score class observables
Off-the-shelf domains • Apples (from Amsterdam) • Minerals (from Spain)
Conclusions • KMI Library now a well established resource • Modelling, epistemological issues under control. KA issues are emerging as the important ones • Technology itself is reusable • E.g., Knowledge Management, Information Retrieval