Inference and Reasoning
In most frame-based knowledge representations, inheritance is the central inference mechanism. The frames are organized as a hierarchy with some general concept as the root frame. Many systems support multiple inheritance. In these systems the tree structure can look more like a directed graph with possible cycles.
Reasoning in frame-systems is based on frame matching, inheritance and spreading activation.
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