KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION SYSTEM INCLUDING INTEGRATED KNOWLEDGE-BASE AND DATABASE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING THE SAME

摘要

A knowledge representation system includes a database module for storing datain a database format, and a knowledge representation module for storingknowledge information in a knowledge-base format. The knowledge representationmodule includes an interface mechanism for interfacing communication betweenthe database module and the knowledge representation module. A queryprocessing device is provided for processing queries input into the knowledgerepresentation system. The query processing device initializes communicationbetween the knowledge representation module and the database module based uponpreprocessing of queries. A single query to the query processing deviceresults in communication between the database module and the knowledgerepresentation module through the interface mechanism.