Accession Number:

ADA090560

Title:

A First Iteration at a Mini-Set of Features for a Knowledge Representation Language.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

DELAWARE UNIV NEWARK DEPT OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Salsburg,Linda

Report Date:

1980-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

In the last three years, several initial versions of a new class of languages, called knowledge representation languages, have emerged. Rather than presenting new solutions to issues in knowledge representation, this paper selects a mini-set of features that seem necessary to attain the goals of knowledge representation languages. The mini-set selected is definitely not complete, but merely represents the first iteration in trying to define such a mini-set. An example, specifying the meaning of the square root function, is included. Though the example is presented, we are not committed to the syntax presented there rather, we are committed to finding a more reasonable syntax and user interface for the language. The language has not been implemented, since we plan a second iteration prior to that. Author

Descriptors:

• *INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• FUNCTIONS
• PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
• CLASSIFICATION
• LANGUAGE
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• HIERARCHIES
• LOGIC
• SYNTAX
• INFORMATION PROCESSING

Subject Categories:

• Information Science
• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE