A generic framework to support computer based characterization of materials and corrosion problems has been developed. The framework proviljes an object-based model to partition and represe domain knowledge in terms of domain objects. The model allows characterization of objects in terms system parameters and their relationships as a mean to represent the state of an object. A templale objects and parameters can be created and used to rank different inter-related objects. The concept has been implemented as a Windows TM-based software tool and examples of how the generic framework can be used to characterize differing domains have been provided.
Keywords: Generalized, objects, parameters, template, materials, corrosion, abstraction