Isn't the base system of purl (the perl IRC bot by Kevin Lenzo, see www.infobot.org) the perfect system for this? You would just need to adjust the input interface accordingly, I think (purl runs as an IRC bot). If I remember correctly, one of the first uses of Purl was to recognize questions for resources, and answer them with a list of URLs. That sounds like the ideal match for questions related to existing nodes.

There are even existing "factpacks" (see factpacks list) that could be reused (of course, with purl you get a nice factpack for Perl for free (hint)).

In reply to Re: Developing an Expert System/Intelligent Agent for PM? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Developing an Expert System/Intelligent Agent for PM? by Masem

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