Personal Knowledge Base Designer - User Manual - Version 2018.02

Sep 19, 2026

Personal Knowledge Base Designer is specialized software for developing and prototyping knowledge bases used in rule-based expert systems. It helps non-programmers create knowledge base elements via wizards, provides visual rule modeling through RVML, and supports integration with IBM Rational Rose for UML class diagram import. The manual guides installation, quick-start concepts, creation of templates for facts and rules, rule authoring, initial data setup, testing runs, import/export, and report building.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryGeneral

FormatPDF

Pages44

Reading Time15 min

AccessFree to download

About

Main functions

Installation

1 Quick Start

Expert systems concepts

2 Software Description

2.1 Graphic User Interface

2.1.1 Top Menu

2.1.2 Toolbar

2.1.3 Explorer (Navigator)

2.1.4 Topic

2.1.5 The main workspace

2.2 Functions

2.2.1 Creating a knowledge base

2.2.2 Creating a template of facts (cases)

2.2.3 Creating a template of rules

2.2.4 Creating rules

2.2.5 Creating initial facts (cases)

2.2.6 Testing (Run)

2.2.7 Import

2.2.8 Export

2.2.9 Report building

3 An example

PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE DESIGNER User manual Version 2018.02 [www.knowledge-core. ru](www.knowledge-core. ru) N.O. Dorodnykh, A.Yu. Yurin, V.A. Kazakov Phone: +7 (3952) 45-30-19 E-Mail: [iskander@icc.ru](iskander@icc.ru)[ ](iskander@icc.ru)[WEB: www.knowledge-core.ru](WEB: www.knowledge-core.ru) Irkutsk, 2018 Personal Knowledge Base Designer User Manual, 2018.02 Contents About ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Installation ............................................................................................................................ 4 1 Quick Start ........................................................................................................................ 5 2 Software Description....................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Graphic User Interface ............................................................................................. 7 2.1.1 Top Menu............................................................................................................. 9 2.1.2 Toolbar ............................................................................................................... 16 2.1.3 Explorer (Navigator)......................................................................................... 17 2.1.4 Topic ................................................................................................................... 18 2.1.5 The main workspace........................................................................................ 19 2.2 Functions.................................................................................................................. 21 2.2.1 Creating a knowledge base ............................................................................ 21 2.2.2 Creating a template of facts (cases) ............................................................. 22 2.2.3 Creating a template of rules ........................................................................... 25 2.2.4 Creating rules .................................................................................................... 28 2.2.5 Creating initial facts (cases) ........................................................................... 30 2.2.6 Testing (Run) .................................................................................................... 33 2.2.7 Import ................................................................................................................. 39 2.2.8 Export ................................................................................................................. 40 2.2.9 Report building .................................................................................................. 40 3 An example..................................................................................................................... 41 Personal Knowledge Base Designer User Manual, 2018.02 About «Personal Knowledge Base Designer» is a specialized software designed for the development and prototyping knowledge bases (KB) of rule-based expert systems (ES) . Main functions: • ability to create elements of rule-based KBs (templates of facts and rules, as well as facts and rules) by non-programming user, through the use of a set of wizards, pre-prepared templates of facts and rules; • ability to use the original notation namely RVML (Rule Visual Modeling Language) for visualizing logical rules; • integration with the IBM Rational Rose CASE tool, in terms of importing conceptual models (UML class diagrams) that can be used at the conceptualization stage; • integration with CLIPS (C Language Integrated Production System), in terms of synthesis of the program codes, as well as its testing; • ability to operate in the «domain-specific» mo

FAQs

What is Personal Knowledge Base Designer used for?

It is specialized software for developing and prototyping knowledge bases for rule-based expert systems, including creation of templates of facts and rules as well as actual facts and rules.

What main capabilities does the software provide?

It supports wizard-driven creation of rule-based knowledge base elements for non-programmers, visual logical rule modeling using RVML, integration with IBM Rational Rose for importing conceptual models, and integration with CLIPS for program synthesis and testing.

What does the manual cover after installation?

After installation, it provides a quick-start section with core expert-system concepts, then walks through creating a knowledge base, templates for facts and rules, writing rules, adding initial facts, running tests, and using import/export and report building.

Sep 19, 2026

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