Bibliographic Notes

This chapter introduced the concept of knowledge and highlighted the relationship between knowledge, information and data. Kendel and Creen provide a relevant discussion to differentiate between these notions. Knowledge-based systems or simply knowledge systems are computer systems that include a knowledge base. Knowledge engineering is the discipline put in place to develop knowledge systems. While knowledge management mainly deals with identifying and exploiting knowledge for the benefit of the organization. Schreiber  et al  give a detailed comparison of these two disciplines and discuss the different roles involved in the engineering process and thus the skills needed to perform the role of knowledge engineer