由於船舶的特性是少量多樣複雜性較高且生產生命週期長的產品，需以協同合作的方式進行船舶設計。透過整合不同設計階段船舶設計資訊，建立一致性的資訊架構是整個協同設計的必備前提。在設計過程中也包含許多類型的設計知識，如能將這些在船舶產品發展過程中的知識與經驗建立有效並且可再利用的船舶知識庫，用以改善船廠的生產的效能之外更增進船舶設計的品質與安全。
為能將不同類型船舶設計資訊達到一致性，使設計資訊能夠進行整合進而達到分享，因此導入以可延伸性標記語言文件(XML)描述的船舶設計資訊，透過資源描述結構(RDF)的註記後，整合設計資訊並與所建立的知識庫整合。並參考國際產品模組資料交換標準(STEP)來定義文件的資訊結構，將標準資訊結構及各階段設計資訊文件進行整合，並以文件的方式來儲存與呈現知識與設計資訊。透過文件為基礎的知識工程方法建立整合船舶知識與資料的分享與應用機制，將設計知識以知識工程方法輔助船舶設計各階段中的決策流程。並採用服務導向架構的概念進行各設計階段的整合，使其他階段的設計流程能夠便於建立。
採用知識工程架構的方式不僅可以有效的利用船舶設計知識輔助船舶設計，更便利於設計流程內容的維護。透過設計資訊文件整合架構可便於尋找出相對應的設計資訊與設計知識，同時避免設計過程中發生不同階段設計資訊間的衝突與錯誤。當完成設計決策流程，同時輸出對應的設計文件。將可減少重覆設計及重複建模的步驟，以協助使用者在進行船舶設計時能提高產品品質及安全。

In ship product life cycle, the ship design process is very important stage. The advanced learning practices developed within the network include primarily time and location independent methods for ship design in blended learning as well as in distance learning scenarios. We propose a ship design knowledge-model for information storage and retrieval using a knowledge-based engineering system and develop information integrated documents function that allows users to use the retrieved information immediately.
Our objective is to merge the repetitive access and calculating tasks and data such as the requirements during the ship design process into an information integrated document, so that this information remains available for future construction projects. However, the concept of linking a design knowledge base and inference engine requires the combining of ship design information with the knowledge-based engineering system. First, the establishment of a user interface, knowledge base, and inference engine enhances the flexibility, extension, and operation of the inference mechanism of the knowledge-based engineering design methodology. Second, the method manages design information through a document approach, which requires the conversion of the original documents into the XML format with STEP standard, and compiles rules for the ship design process. Finally, the document-generating integration work, using the knowledge-based engineering method, attempts to reduce the double workload of design and modeling with RDF Schema at the commencement of a new project.
This research's goal is the knowledge-based engineering technique application in the ships design, by designs the knowledge-base and rule deduction system's linking the knowledge engineering system. Establishes ships' design knowledge base by the knowledge engineering method, establishes a set to have elastic, the extendibility and the operational ships design information deduction mechanism, and establishes the knowledge engineering system's user interface, the knowledge base and the deduction engine separately. The conformity design information in view of the classification of vessels rules' and regulations' stipulation direct design, avoids designing in the process to have conflict and the mistake between component's, reduces redundant design and the redundant modeling step, assists the user when carries on the ship design to be able to raise the working efficiency and the product quality.

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