1. What is the modelling KB
2. Context
3. Related software and / or KBs
4. Current version
5. Download
6. Disclaimer

What is the modelling KB

Modelling can be seen as a process (i.e. a series of actions). To develop a structure for the knowledge base (KB), the modelling process has been decomposed into steps (i.e. group of associated tasks), steps into tasks (i.e. activities that helps to achieve specific goals) and tasks into activities (i.e. what a team member has to do to accomplish one or more goals of a task). Task and activities can have methods (or tools) that help them to be completed.

This KB structure has been implemented in an ontology (i.e. a database with a flexible structure and approved consistency). Subsequently, the KB has been populated with expert knowledge for the following domains in water management: generic, hydrodynamics, groundwater, precipitation-runoff, flood forecasting, surface water quality, biota (ecology), socio-economics and multi-domain knowledge (i.e. on model coupling problems). A glossary of almost 1000 terms completes the KB.

The most important QA principles incorporated in the KB are:

• The KB provides public interactive guidelines to facilitate dialogue between modeller, water manager and stakeholders.

• External reviews are recommended at several steps during the modelling process

• Emphasis is put on validation schemes, i.e. tests of model performance against data that have not been used for model calibration.

• Uncertainties must be explicitly recognised and assessed (qualitatively and/or quantitatively) throughout the modelling process.

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Context

The modelling KB has been developed within the project EC funded FP5 project HarmoniQuA (Contract no: EVK1-CT-2001-00097, Duration: 2002-2005) with the following project partners:

• Wageningen University (NL)
• Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, GEUS (DK)
• National Technical University, NTUA (GR)
• Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UK)
• Delft Hydraulics (NL)
• Centre d'etude du Machinisme Agricole du Génie Rural des Eaux et Forêts, CEMAGREF (F)
• Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (D)
• Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, SMHI (S)
• Vituki (H)
• University of Dortmund – Institut für Umweltforschung, INFU (D)
• Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, LNEC (P)
• DHI Hydroinform a.s (CZ)

Related software and / or KBs

• a process KB is description of a process, defined in the KB-editor; see modelling KB or other process KBs.
• KB-editor is a web based tool to facilitate developing, maintaining and upgrading ontological knowledge bases (including process knowledge bases), pre-structured in Protégé; see KB-editor;
• MoST can handle modelling knowledge from the modelling KB and provides its knowledge content as guidance for the modelling process in modelling projects; see MoST;
• ProST is the successor of MoST and can handle process knowledge bases defined with the KB-editor and provides its knowledge content as guidance for the defined process at hand; see  ProST;

Current version

Modelling KB 3.3 (2006), i.e. Final HarmoniQuA Version

Download

There are three ways to access the KB:

• Using MoST (recommended): 
  • Register as user
  • Install MoST;
  • Open MoST;
  • Do not open a project but select the guideline option (is done by default);
  • Browse through the KB;
• Download the text version of the KB; or
• Using the KB Editor, login (after registering) and browse through the KB and add comments or go to the glossary and add comments.

Disclaimer

This KB is the sole responsibility of its developers and does not represent the opinion of the European Commission, nor is the European Commission responsible for any use that might be made of the information appearing herein.