The definitional method and simplicity in knowledge based tools

An expert system development tool is under development that is designed for users with limited expertise in expert system technology who wish to develop applications without assistance from AI specialists. The tool´s underlying paradigm, the definitional method, is a structured knowledge representation formalism. Users introduce knowledge by engaging in a socratic dialog with the system, where knowledge is described by providing definitions for terms. The inferencing strategy is straightforward and does not require a user to be concerned with resolution strategies when developing an expert system application. An explanation of this approach is provided, and a comparison of the approach with traditional expert system development methods is made