# Build an Ontology Building a knowledge base is all about categorizing a model representing facts about a topic. Pick a topic - like a person, a place, or a thing - and then build a model of that topic. Use some of the techniques and model-building strategies described in this lesson. An example would be creating an ontology of a living room with furniture, lights, and so on. How does the living room differ from the kitchen? The bathroom? How do you know it's a living room and not a dining room? Use [Protégé](https://protege.stanford.edu/) to build your ontology. ## Rubric | Criteria | Exemplary | Adequate | Needs Improvement | | -------- | --------- | -------- | ----------------- | | A Protégé link is shared with a multilevel ontology of a rich topic | The ontology is simpler than usual | The project is too simple or has bugs | The link is not shared |