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 ===== Install the system ===== ===== Install the system =====
 Follow the [[/installation|installation guide]] to set up the system on your computer and follow the [[tutorial/knowrob_basics|KnowRob basics]] tutorial to learn how to start it, how to send queries, and how to visualize their results. Follow the [[/installation|installation guide]] to set up the system on your computer and follow the [[tutorial/knowrob_basics|KnowRob basics]] tutorial to learn how to start it, how to send queries, and how to visualize their results.
-===== Go through the beginner tutorials ===== 
-There is a number of [[/doc#beginner_tutorials|tutorials]] that showcase the functionality provided by the different KnowRob components. They can be used in two different ways: As a beginner, you can just copy the queries and paste them into your Prolog shell to explore the functionality. All the tutorials below work without programming and should give you a quick overview of what is available. 
  
-On the other hand, the provided queries are also intended as a starting point for exploring the system. There are no tutorials for every possible adapation and extension, but it often helps to know which predicate shall be called with which arguments, to look at the code of that predicate, and to go further from there.+===== Read the documentation on GitHub ===== 
 +There is a number of README files formatted in markup description that are part of the [[https://github.com/knowrob/knowrob/blob/master/README.md|KnowRob repository]]. 
 +They document the organization of KnowRob into different sub-components, and what interfaces they provide.
  
 ===== Read about the concepts behind KnowRob ===== ===== Read about the concepts behind KnowRob =====
-To understand the design decisions and capabilities of the system, read about the [[important concepts]] and have a look at the related publications. The [[http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:91-diss-20111125-1079930-1-7|PhD thesis by Moritz Tenorth]] is currently the most comprehensive description of the concepts that underlie the KnowRob system. There is also an [[http://ijr.sagepub.com/content/32/5/566.abstract|article]] in the IJRR journal about KnowRob.+To understand the design decisions and capabilities of the system, read about the [[important concepts]] and have a look at the related publications. 
 +There is a growing collection of KnowRob related articles that are listed [[http://knowrob.org/publications|here]]. 
 ===== Learn OWL and Prolog ===== ===== Learn OWL and Prolog =====
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 For effectively //using// the KnowRob system, some basic knowledge about the main languages, OWL and Prolog, is helpful. It becomes a //definite MUST// when you would like to do some advanced stuff and start to //implement// your own modules. Below are links to good tutorials that will get you started. For effectively //using// the KnowRob system, some basic knowledge about the main languages, OWL and Prolog, is helpful. It becomes a //definite MUST// when you would like to do some advanced stuff and start to //implement// your own modules. Below are links to good tutorials that will get you started.
  
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 ==== Prolog tutorials ==== ==== Prolog tutorials ====
 While you don't need sophisticated Prolog skills in the beginning for asking simple queries, you should have a rough understanding of how a Prolog program looks like and what the basic concepts are. Once you start to implement your own queries and (later) your own modules, knowledge of Prolog becomes more and more important. The tutorials at http://www.learnprolognow.org/ are a very good introduction -- try to follow them at least until Lesson 6. The [[http://swi-prolog.org/pldoc/doc_for?object=manual|SWI Prolog Reference Manual]] provides a comprehensive overview of the available predicates. While you don't need sophisticated Prolog skills in the beginning for asking simple queries, you should have a rough understanding of how a Prolog program looks like and what the basic concepts are. Once you start to implement your own queries and (later) your own modules, knowledge of Prolog becomes more and more important. The tutorials at http://www.learnprolognow.org/ are a very good introduction -- try to follow them at least until Lesson 6. The [[http://swi-prolog.org/pldoc/doc_for?object=manual|SWI Prolog Reference Manual]] provides a comprehensive overview of the available predicates.
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 ===== Write your own modules ===== ===== Write your own modules =====
 +Once you have an overview of what KnowRob provides and know how to write OWL and Prolog, you can start to create your own KnowRob extensions. You will first need to decide which parts to implement in [[faq#Which programming language should I use for what purpose|which language]] and then then proceed to [[create your own KnowRob package]].
  
-Once you have an overview of what KnowRob provides and know how to write OWL and Prolog, you can start to create your own KnowRob extensions. You will first need to decide which parts to implement in [[faq#Which programming language should I use for what purpose|which language]] and then then proceed to [[create your own KnowRob package]].