The KnowledgeNet framework

The KnowledgeNet is a decentralized network of conversational knowledge bases. The KnowledgeNet framework supports its implementation. The framework

• Helps you create knowledge bases

• Facilitates the communication between knowledge bases

The framework architecture has two layers: the knowledge kernel and the communication shell. You will find the code for the communication shell in the comm_shell directory. It currently supports HTTP and makes it straightforward to implement other communication protocols.

The knowledge kernel is implemented in the other source directories. The main classes are:

• Knowledgebase

• ChatHistory

A Knowledgebase can be a local knowledge base running in the process of your program or a remote knowledge base accessed for example over HTTP. The ChatHistory records the interactions between the user and the knowledge bases.