Knowledge systems and distance learning

The need for professionals who are able to work with knowledge in companies and organizations leads to the reflection on the sources and content of preparation. The starting point is the experience gained in solving the military research project MENTAL. The article describes the problems of preparation of knowledge engineers and steps to create a knowledge base. They include analysis, design, creation and verification of an ontology, the implementation of the ontology into the ATOM2 environment and complementation of the knowledge base. The process in modeled by the education of students. The knowledge systems have a potential for the distance learning, because the knowledge could be divided into suitable parts, dynamic connected, and eventually changed