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 ====== API4KB Use Cases ====== ====== API4KB Use Cases ======
-This page contains a list of use cases to be supported by the API4KB [[start|Link back to API4KB Main Page]] 
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-===== Policy-Based Information Exchange ===== 
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-The following use case shows what is necessary to maintain security and privacy when someone (or something) requests access to information:​ 
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-{{UseCase.policy-based_information_exchange_1.25x.png}} 
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-===== Elisa Placeholder ===== 
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-The following use case shows somthing that Elisa has in mind: 
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-{{UseCase.Elisa.png}} 
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-===== LegalRuleML Placeholder (Tara) ===== 
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-Use Case of a Generic Criminal Legal System 
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-with input from (http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Italian_Criminal_Procedure#​Parties) 
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-Actors 
-Parties may have agents acting on their behalf, and these agents may be restricted in their access to the KB to some subset of the authority of the Party. 
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-1. Judges - may be different depending on stage of proceedings 
-2. suspect 
-3. defendant 
-4. prosecutor 
-5. police 
-6. injured party 
-7. civilly-liable party (to pay damages and/or fines) 
-8. counsel (lawyers) for suspect/​defendant 
-9. witnesses 
-10. experts 
-11. courts 
-12. jury (not in Italy) 
-13. legislature 
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-Actions 
-The particular actions are roughly categorized based on CRUD 
-Create (POST) 
-Read   (GET) 
-Update (PUT/PATCH) 
-Delete (DELETE) 
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-Note that the difference between Create and Update is a function of the modularity of the KB. In a highly modular architecture,​ a new table/​knowledgebase-module may be created when a law is passed, when an investigation is opened, etc.. In a less modular architecture,​ these actions may be Updates rather than Creates. 
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-0. (*CRU) pass, modify and annul *laws* - Legislature 
-1. (*R) query (including semantic query) to legal KB for details of the legal code - General Public 
-2. (*CRU) maintain records of investigations - Prosecutor, Judges, Defendant, Counsel, Police 
-3. (CRU) initiate proceedings - Prosecutor 
-4. (CRU) call a hearing - Judge 
-5. (*CRU) file requests (authorization to conduct investigations,​ such as wire-tapping) - Prosecutor 
-6. (*CRU) issue an order (e.g. authorizing investigations),​ *with explanation* - Judge 
-7. (CRU) appeal an order - Prosecutor, Counsel 
-8. (RU) drop charges - Prosecutor 
-9. (CRU) proceed to trial - Judge, Prosecutor 
-10. (*CRU) file a brief -  Counsel 
-11. (CRU) summon witness or expert - Prosecutor, Counsel 
-12. (*CRU) provide testimony or expert judgement - Witness, Expert, Defendant, Injured Party 
-13. (*RU) convict/​acquit,​ *with explanation* ​  - Judge, Jury 
-14. (*CRU) issue a sentence - Judge 
-15. (CRU) appeal a conviction - Prosecutor, Counsel 
-16. (*RU) reverse, amend or quash a decision, ​ *with explanation* - Judge 
-17. (UD) delete/​expunge records - Court 
-18. (CRU) manage records on payment of penalties, imprisonment,​ etc -  Court 
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-Those items with * are the services that go beyond the capability of an ordinary database, requiring encoding of natural language texts into a knowledge representation language and performing specialized actions, such as parsing or (semantic) querying, on that encoding. 
  
 +This page contains a list of use cases to be supported by the API4KB
 +([[start|Link back to API4KB Main Page]])
  
 +  * [[Policy-Based Information Exchange]]
 +  * [[Elisa Placeholder]]
 +  * [[LegalRuleML]]
 +  * [[Extend API using a metaobject protocol]]
  
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