(1) Are there lexical/ontological/semantic knowledge bases for physics (like Princeton's [Wordnet][1] and MIT's Conceptnet for common English usage)? (2) If not in existence, are there physics-specific issues to keep in mind while developing such a knowledge base? For example, can it be developed by using [existing semantic relationship clauses][2] in Conceptnet? (Pointers to review papers, books etc will be good too) I understand that such a knowledge base will not be complete without the mathematics related to the lexicon. But, when browsing through Q&As here, a lot of them do not seem to involve any mathematics at all (just pure English words). In any case, it is not impossible to add the mathematics once there is a non-mathematical lexicon/semantic network. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordNet#Database_contents [2]: https://github.com/commonsense/conceptnet5/wiki/Relations PS: This is not some crackpot rambling. I am a phd student in high energy theoretical physics. I arrived at this question while thinking about how much of current physics can be automated through AI.