# Expert Systems and Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 27, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/expert-systems-and-ruby/174498 "2009-08-27T17:34:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![masonkessinger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@masonkessinger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/masonkessinger)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/expert-systems-and-ruby/174498/1 "2009-08-27T17:34:42Z")
I’m taking an advanced artificial intelligence course in graduate school at UCF and, among other things, I am studying expert systems including: ConceptNet3, Wordnet, Yago, CYC, Dendral, Macsyma, and Mycin. The topic for my class this afternoon. My questions must have been asked before but I am new to Ruby. I am going to try to use Ruby for my programming assignments. Ruby seems to be a terse but capable language available across several platforms. My first assignment I would like to accomplish is to use Ruby to access some of the expert system, especially ConceptNet3, Wordnet, and CYC. In other words, build a Ruby shell around the expert system. I would like to learn how to interface with these systems. Do I have to download them to my computer or do I use the internet to establish an interface, such as Ruby on Rails? Is there any existing code that I can use as a template that is available on a web site somewhere? If not, a reply with code on this forum would be helpful. I currently have Ruby 1.8 in my Windows XP environment on a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop that I bought in 2002. My desktop crashed recently and I am in the process of replacing it. (Taught me an important lesson to use gmail for my emails and address.) Much thanks in advance, No Sam ---
**Author:** ![masonkessinger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@masonkessinger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/masonkessinger)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/expert-systems-and-ruby/174498/2 "2009-08-27T20:54:03Z")
You want to create a Ruby wrapping to connect to these systems? Check ActiveRecord ? ---
**Author:** ![masonkessinger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@masonkessinger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/masonkessinger)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/expert-systems-and-ruby/174498/3 "2009-08-27T21:48:46Z")
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Mason K.[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m taking an advanced artificial intelligence course in graduate school at > UCF and, among other things, I am studying expert systems including: > ConceptNet3, Wordnet, Yago, CYC, Dendral, Macsyma, and Mycin. The topic for > my class this afternoon. There is a Ruby library for Wordnet: > **[dev(E)iate](https://deveiate.org/)** > > The personal website of Michael Granger.