Inproceedings,
Collaboration-Oriented Knowledge Management Using Interaction Patterns
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management, page 26--37. Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, (2008)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89447-6_5
Abstract
The paper starts with analysing the requirements of supporting largely unstructured, collaboration-oriented processes as opposed to highly structured, workflow-based processes. The approach derived from those requirements utilizes the concept of interaction patterns to impose some control and guidance on a collaboration process without reducing the needed flexibility. This not only causes a much greater process transparency but also allows to provide and capture knowledge within the collaboration interactions. The application-specific instantiation of the interaction patterns and their enrichment with integrity constraints is done using a model-driven approach. The resulting application model is also a knowledge artefact which represents an important fragment of domain knowledge.
