Ask HN: Can anyone site an example of a Knowledge Base?

#1

Post by stabiilize » Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 8:12 PM UTC

"A knowledge base (KB) is a technology used to store complex structured and unstructured information used by a computer system. The initial use of the term was in connection with expert systems which were the first knowledge-based systems." - Wikipedia

Projects, code, research, anything

Thanks in advance

Re: Ask HN: Can anyone site an example of a Knowledge Base?

#2

Post by Cozumel » Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 9:15 PM UTC

Have you checked out Semantic Wiki?[0] Here's a list of sites using it[1]

It's basically wikipedia software (mediawiki) with structured data markup that lets you extract (sometimes dynamic) data and use it meaningfully.

[0]https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki

[1]https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Semantic_statistics

Re: Ask HN: Can anyone site an example of a Knowledge Base?

#3

Post by stabiilize » Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 9:21 PM UTC

Cozumel wrote: post #2

Have you checked out Semantic Wiki?[0] Here's a list of sites using it[1] It's basically wikipedia software (mediawiki) with structured data markup that lets you extract (sometimes dynamic) data and use it meaningfully. [0] https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki [1] https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Semantic_statistics

cool, though what is the difference between this and wikidata?

Re: Ask HN: Can anyone site an example of a Knowledge Base?

#4

Post by Cozumel » Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 9:34 PM UTC

stabiilize wrote: post #3

Cozumel wrote: post #2

Have you checked out Semantic Wiki?[0] Here's a list of sites using it[1] It's basically wikipedia software (mediawiki) with structured data markup that lets you extract (sometimes dynamic) data and use it meaningfully. [0] https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki [1] https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Semantic_statistics

cool, though what is the difference between this and wikidata?

It's a lot more established and used on a ton more sites, covering stuff that wikipedia/wikidata doesn't, wikidata also looks to be just a subset of semantic wiki code and not as full featured or capable.

Wikipedia explains it better https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki#Semantic_Me...