In operational terms, the knowledge system enables four fundamental functions of central to overall Cyber-IR@MIT capabilities and forms of usage:

1. Knowledge organization in the form of ontology to enable data generation, stored, and management in distributed modes,
2. Framework usage of ontology for retrieving, storing, and distributing an evolving knowledge base consisting of basic information of, and pointers to, quality-controlled selected or submitted materials,
3. Leverage of search options for extraction of content from the knowledge base, and
4. Systematic process for submission of content.

These functions are central to the design and construction of Cyber-IR@MIT, an interactive knowledge base. Link.