CODE4: A Unified System for Managing Conceptual Knowledge

by Doug Skuce and Timothy C. Lethbridge

Department of Computer Science

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada, K1N 6N5

{doug, tcl}@site.uottawa.ca

This is the table of contents for the html version of a paper which appeared in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (1995), 42, 413-451. This version is lacking a couple of illustrations which we could not convert. A postscript version is also available.

1. Abstract
2. 1. Introduction
   1. 1.1Rationale for CODE4
   2. 1.2Design Assumptions
   3. 1.3Related Representations and Systems
3. 2. Knowledge Representation
   1. 2.1Basic Concepts, Terminology, and Ontological Assumptions
   2. 2.2The Inheritance, Property, Statement, Relation and Facet Hierarchies
   3. 2.3Facets
   4. 2.4Inheritance
   5. 2.5ClearTalk, Formality and Informality
   6. 2.6Block Computation and Delegation
   7. 2.7Terms
   8. 2.8Metaconcepts
   9. 2.9Persistent Storage; CODE4 as a Knowledge Server
   10. 2.10Semantics and KIF Compatibility
4. 3. User Interface
   1. 3.1The Control Panel
   2. 3.2The Feedback Panel
   3. 3.3Knowledge Maps
   4. 3.4Browsers
      1. 3.4.1 Outline Browsers
      2. 3.4.2 Graphical Browsers
      3. 3.4.3 Property Matrix Browsers
   5. 3.5Semantic Net Graphs
   6. 3.6Masks
   7. 3.7Document Processor
   8. 3.8Property Manager
5. 4. Applications
   1. 4.1Software Engineering
   2. 4.2General-purpose Ontologies
   3. 4.3Terminology
6. 5. Concluding Remarks
   1. Availability of CODE4
7. Acknowledgements
   1. References