Title :
A conceptual model to incorporate knowledge to databases
Author :
deF Leao, B. ; Machado, José L B ; Rodrigues, Rubem
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Cardiology of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Abstract :
The authors present a conceptual model that aims at representing data and knowledge. The final goal of this model is to combine database (DB) and knowledge-based system (KBS) methodologies. Through this combination, databases incorporate the inference and knowledge representation mechanisms of the KBS without losing their already well-established data handling capabilities. A three-layered structured model is proposed and its connections are discussed. The current status of the project and its future developments are described
Keywords :
database management systems; inference mechanisms; knowledge representation; medical expert systems; modelling; conceptual model; database system methodology; database-knowledge based systems interface; expert database systems; knowledge-based system; medicine applications; three-layered structured model; Biomedical imaging; Data handling; Data models; Image databases; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge representation; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Spatial databases; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology 1992, Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Durham, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3552-5
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.1992.269387
