How Is a Knowledge Representation System Like a Piano? (opens in new tab)

How Is a Knowledge Representation System Like a Piano? Smith, Brian Cantwell In the summer of 1978 a decision was made to devote a special issue of the SIGART newsletter to the subject of knowledge representation research. To assist in ascertaining the current state of people's thinking on this topic, the editors (Ron Brachman and myself) decided to circulate an informal questionnaire among the representation community. What was originally planned as a simple list of questions eventually dev...