Abstract
A case database system (DB System) was developed to inform the participants of a Kleingarten (similar to an English allotment garden) of appropriate crop cultivation methods based on participants' knowledge and experiences. The DB system consisted of a general database, case database, logbook database, search engine, and a management system.
The general knowledge database was constructed using information on the basic cultivation method for 11 varieties of crops that had predominantly been grown in the past four years in the Kleingarten of Utsunomiya University, and the case database was constructed from 211 cases extracted from logbooks recorded by the participants. The DB system was constructed on a Web server to accumulate the knowledge and experiences of skillful participants, and to make that information available to beginners.
