Domain knowledge - Citizendia

Most generally, domain knowledge is the knowledge which is valid and directly used for a pre-selected domain of human endeavor or an autonomous computer activity. Knowledge is defined ( Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education the theoretical or practical understanding

Specialists and experts use and develop their own domain knowledge. An "expert" ( is someone widely recognized as a reliable source of technique or Skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly justly

If the concept domain knowledge or domain expert is used we emphasize a specific domain which is an object of the discourse/interest/problem.

More particular, in software engineering, domain knowledge is knowledge about the environment in which the target system operates, for example, software agents. In Computer science, a software agent is a piece of software that acts for a user or other program in a relationship of agency. Domain knowledge is important, because it usually must be learned from software users in the domain ( as domain specialists/experts), rather than from software developers.

Communicating between end-users and software developers is often difficult. They must find a common language to communicate in. Developing enough shared vocabulary to communicate can often take a while.

Expert’s domain knowledge (frequently informal and ill structured) is transformed in computer programs and active data, for example in a set of rules in knowledge bases, by knowledge engineers.

Remarks - The same knowledge can be included in different domain knowledge. - Knowledge which may be efficient in every domain is called domain-independent knowledge, for example logics and mathematics. - Operations on domain knowledge are performed by meta-knowledge. Metaknowledge or meta-knowledge is Knowledge about a preselected knowledge

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Word processors encode specific knowledge about fonts and formatting of text (word wrapping, word breaks, etc), and even spelling and grammar.
Embedded controllers for automobile engines know how to control engines.
Medical software encodes knowledge and information about patients and medicine. Knowledge is defined ( Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education the theoretical or practical understanding Information as a concept has a diversity of meanings from everyday usage to technical settings
Financial software encode formal rules related to purchasing, accounts, and inventory
If the domain is mechanics then the Newton's dynamics law: F=m*a is the part of domain knowledge. Purchasing refers to a business or organization attempting to acquire goods or services to accomplish the goals of the enterprise In Accountancy, an account is a label used for recording and reporting a Quantity of almost anything Inventory is a list for goods and Materials, or those goods and materials themselves held available in stock by a Business. Mechanics ( Greek) is the branch of Physics concerned with the behaviour of physical bodies when subjected to Forces or displacements A physical law or scientific law is a Scientific generalization based on empirical Observations of physical behavior (i

Literature

Hjørland, B. & Albrechtsen, H. (1995). Toward A New Horizon in Information Science: Domain Analysis. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995, 46(6), 400-425.

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