Structural Case-Based Reasoning and Ontology-Based Knowledge Management: A Perfect Match?

Ralph Bergmann (University of Hildesheim, Germany)

Martin Schaaf (University of Hildesheim, Germany)

Abstract: This article addresses the relations between ontology-based knowledge management implemented by logic-oriented knowledge representation/retrieval approaches and knowledge management using case-based reasoning. We argue that knowledge management with CBR does not only very much resemble but indeed is a kind of ontology-based knowledge management since it is based on closely related ideas and a similar development methodology, although the reasoning paradigms are different. Therefore, we conclude by proposing to merge logic-oriented and case-based retrieval and also to extend the current view of the semantic web architecture respectively.

Keywords: Case-based Reasoning, Knowledge Management, Ontology, Semantic Web, XML

Categories: H.3.1, H.3.3, I.2.1, I.2.4