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Integrated Solution Support System - Aquastress          

Factsheet: Knowledge Storage

 

Definition

Structured collection of relevant pieces of knowledge, preferably to be used by persons and by machines / computers.

Application objectives

In AquaStress there will be a set of knowledge bases needed for:

  • Tools;
  • Models;
  • Options;
  • A decomposition of what multidisciplinary teams (including stakeholders) have to do to mitigate water stress problems.

Pertinent participation process phase(s)

1- Starting organization

2- Actors analysis, context

3- Diagnostic of the current situation

4- Search of solutions

5- Implementation, evaluation

Application method

Each KB that is needed should be based on an ontological KB, which has to be designed by experts in knowledge engineering and experts in the content field of the KB.

Application example(s)

Knowledge bases are widely used; some examples:

  • Protocol-based medical sciences;
  • Structuring knowledge for Internet (Semantic Web);
  • HarmoniQuA modelling methodology and guidelines ( www.harmoniqua.org/tools )

Example tools

  • Knowledge Editor (developed in HarmoniQuA as front-end for Protégé2000 KBs);
    Protégé2000 (http://protege.stanford.edu);
  • Protégé2000 has more than 10000 users and exists for 15 years now, especially for medical protocols. (Open source);
  • There are many more tools, also for free, but these are all less user friendly and WU has a lot of experience with Protégé2000 and less with other tools

AquaStress contact(s)

Contact: Huub Scholten, Wageningen University (Huub.Scholten@wur.nl) and Ayalew Kassahun, Wageningen University (Ayalew.Kassahun@wur.nl)

Reference

See above hyperlinks.