02374nas a2200385   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653002200043653002300065653002500088653002000113653002300133653002600156653003300182653003400215653002600249653001900275653002600294653002900320653002900349653001300378653001500391653002000406653002400426100001200450700001200462700001900474700001600493245008900509856015300598300001100751490000700762520119900769022002001968                                       d10acultural heritage10aCultural heritages10aDigital preservation10aDigital storage10aFuture generations10aHistoric preservation10aIntangible cultural heritage10aIntangible cultural heritages10aKnowledge acquisition10aKnowledge base10aKnowledge base system10aKnowledge representation10aKnowledge-representation10aOntology10aOntology s10aPermanent forms10aYounger generations1 aWan Isa1 aNor Zin1 aFadhilah Rosdi1 aHafiz Sarim00aDigital Preservation of Cultural Heritage: Terengganu Brassware Craft Knowledge Base  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85070526820&doi=10.14569%2fijacsa.2019.0100614&partnerID=40&md5=67390523de4710e3236efcf3a5b70f85  a96-1020 v103 aEarly exposure to cultural heritage is necessary to preserve it from extinction. One form of cultural heritage that is now on the brink of extinction is the Terengganu brassware craft. Current young generations are mostly not interested in this heritage. Furthermore, intangible heritage in the form of knowledge and skills are only stored in the memory of the practitioners. Lack of documentation has led to the sole reliance on practitioners such that the knowledge is lost upon their demise. Hence, intangible heritage knowledge has to be acquired and stored in a knowledge base system to keep them in a systematic and permanent form. Manipulating and transferring the knowledge and skills will also ensure the continuity of this heritage, and ensure it can be accessed by future generations. This paper discusses the development of the knowledge base of Terengganu Brassware Craft as a digital preservation of cultural heritage. Knowledge acquisition was carried out using interview and observation techniques. Then, the knowledge is represented using ontology. This knowledge, in digital form, can be manipulated and disseminated to the community to ensure the continuity of the knowledge.  a2158107X (ISSN)