Minsky: a framework for representing knowledge

What changed

Proposed frames as structured data representations for stereotyped situations, carrying expectations, defaults and procedures for adapting stored knowledge to a current situation.

Scientific scope

The record is MIT AI Laboratory Memo 306 of June 1974. Earlier schema concepts, the 1975 reprint, later frame languages, scripts, semantic networks, CYC and modern knowledge graphs remain separate.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is MIT AI Laboratory Memo 306 of June 1974. Earlier schema concepts, the 1975 reprint, later frame languages, scripts, semantic networks, CYC and modern knowledge graphs remain separate.

Contributors

• Marvin Minsky · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• MIT DSpace record for A Framework for Representing Knowledge
• MIT-hosted copy of Minsky frame memo

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