Very Large-Scale Knowledge Bases are the core technology to efficiently build the information or knowledge infrastructure that will serve as the foundation for an advanced global scale information society in the 21st century. Available sources from science and technology are mobilsed towards this aim of building VLSKB. Notable subjects adressed are; language technology, academic and social demands, knowledge technology and sharable knowledge sources and infrastructure. Readers: AI, information services and sciences professionals, researchers and engineers.
