A framework for distributed knowledge management: Design and
implementation
FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GRID COMPUTING-THEORY METHODS AND APPLICATIONS, 26 (1):
38-49 (January 2010)DOI: {10.1016/j.future.2009.06.004}
Abstract
This paper describes a framework for implementing distributed
ontology-based knowledge management systems (DOKMS). The framework, in
particular, focuses on knowledge management within organizations. It
investigates the functional requirements to enable Individual Knowledge
Workers (IKWs) and distributed communities (e.g., project teams) to
create, manage and share knowledge with the support of ontologies. On
the one hand, the framework enables distributed and collaborative work
by relying on a P2P virtual office model. On the other hand, it
provides a multi-layer ontology framework to enable semantics-driven
knowledge processing. The ontology framework allows organizational
knowledge to be modeled at different levels. An Upper Ontology is
exploited to establish a common organizational knowledge background. A
set of Workspace Ontologies can be designed to manage, share and search
knowledge within communities by the establishment of a contextual
(i.e., related to the aim of a group) understanding. Finally, Personal
Ontologies support IKWs in personal knowledge management activities. We
present an implementation of the designed framework in the K-link+
system and show the suitability of this approach through a use case.
The evaluation of K-link+ in a real network is also discussed. (C) 2009
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