PCPACK5 is a comprehensive suite of knowledge tools that support the acquisition, analysis, modelling and publication of knowledge.

PCPACK5 is a network application that allows knowledgebases to be stored and accessed by multiple users over a network. Each user has defined access rights that allow or restrict their ability to edit and view knowledgebases. For example, a user can be allocated full access rights, edit-only rights, read-only rights or website-only rights.

The management of knowledgebases is controlled by a central administrator (called a Tool Administrator) who handles version-control of knowledgebases.

PCPACK5 has been developed as part of the ongoing development of PCPACK to satisfy the requirements of large organisations that require multiple users of a single knowledgebase.

PCPACK5 Tools

There are 10 tools in PCPACK5: 6 acquisition and modelling tools and 4 administration tools.

Acquisition and Modelling Tools:

• The Protocol Tool is used to analyse a transcript or other text document.

• The Ladder Tool is used to construct hierarchical diagrams.

• The Diagram Tool is used to construct network-style diagrams.

• The Matrix Tool is used to construct two styles of matrix.

• The Annotation Tool is used to create web-style pages for each knowledge object.

• The Equation Editor is used to create equations for use in the Annotation Tool.

• The Admin Tool is used to access and manage knowledgebases. This tool is not included in PCPACK4.

• The Publisher Tool is used to create websites.

• The Diagram Template Tool is used to create templates used in the Diagram Tool.

• The Tool Launcher is a wizard tool allowing easy access to the other tools.

The way in which the 10 tools interact is shown in the diagram below.