On the Design and Implementation of a Geometric Knowledge Base

International audienceThis paper presents the design of a geometric knowledge base that stores standardized, formalized, and structured geometric knowledge data. Emphasis is placed on the classification and organization of such knowledge data. In order to master the complexity of data relations, we adopt a key strategy that works by encapsulating certain interrelated knowledge data into knowledge objects and then organizing the knowledge objects according to the hierarchic structure of their relations. We also present our preliminary implementation of a geometric knowledge base system that provides functionalities for creating, rendering, and managing knowledge data with basic query services