COSECO (CONTEXT-SENSITIVE-CONNECTOR) - A LOGICAL COMPONENT FOR A USER- AND USAGE-RELATED DOSAGE OF KNOWLEDGE

An all knowing database is useless, as long as it is not possible to find specific contents. This paper describes a situational approach, trying to extract knowledge from the database in a context sensitive way. By integration of different dimensions this approach tries to consider several aspects, such as types of users, aims and processes. Threads of implementation are predominant. Main intention is to discuss the gap between user related profiles (describing target requirements in respect of contents depending on situation) and modularised knowledge objects memorised in a database, carrying both, content and descriptive attributes (metadata used for internal processing).