Knowledge Interchange Format: The KIF of Death
Matthew L. Ginsberg · 1991
There has been a good deal of discussion recently about the possibility of standardizing knowledge representation efforts, including the development of an interlingua, or KIF (knowledge interchange format) that would allow developers of declarative knowledge to share their results with other AI researchers. In this paper, we examine the practicality of this idea. We present some philosophical arguments against it, describe a straw man KIF, and suggest specific experiments that would help explore these issues.