Re: [ontolog-forum] knowledge base and DBs

[joel luis carbonera <joelcarbonera@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all.

I think that the answer depends on the context of the question. Because these terms seem to mean different things in different contexts.

Someone would say that the difference is that a DB stores data, while a KB stores knowledge. And, in this way, the difference between DB and KB would be reduced to a difference between data and knowledge. And this difference is always debatable.

In other contexts, comparing DB and KD, is like comparing oranges and apples. 

Some people understand the KB as something abstract; as an aggregate that can include, for example, an ontology, a collection of facts, a set of rules, etc. And, in this point of view, a KB can be stored in a DB. For example, according to this sense, someone could represent an ontology, facts as triples in an Oracle DB. 

Best regards.

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