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- Multiagent Systems, Agent Based, Work Environment, Multi Agent System
- by Ryan Olson
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- Organizational Behavior, Experimental Design, Human behavior, Shared Knowledge

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- by R. Baldick
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- Dispute Resolution, Technical Analysis, High Voltage, Power Transmission

This article analyzes how and why collaboration is useful in web design. Through an analysis of interactions in an Italian Internet company, the article shows that collaboration is the system used by designers to improve organizational functioning and the quality of products. In particular, it shows that collaboration supports certain crucial work activities, such as the planning of new products and the pursuit of interface usability. To perform these activities, designers draw on specific interactive resources, such as a repertoire of skills shared by groups of different professionals and their overlapping identities as designers and users. These resources are made visible by the article's epistemological and methodological approach to the study of web design as a collaborative activity. #

- by Cristina Zucchermaglio
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- Cognitive Science, Philosophy, Pragmatics, Distributed Cognition

Abstract. This paper describes the design of and experimentation with the Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language (KQML), a new language and protocol for exchanging information and knowledge. This work is part of a larger effort, the ARPA Knowledge Sharing Effort which is aimed at developing techniques and methodology for building large-scale knowledge bases which are sharable and reusable. KQML is both a message format and a message-handling protocol to support run-time knowledge sharing among agents. KQML ...

- by Richard Fritzson and +1
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- Knowledge sharing, Concurrent Engineering, Intelligent design, Information Exchange

Social e-learning is a process through which learners achieve their learning goals via social interactions with each other by sharing knowledge, skills, abilities and educational materials. Adaptive e-learning enables adaptation and personalization of the learning process, based on learner needs, knowledge, preferences and other characteristics. In this paper, we present a case study that analyzes the social interaction features of a social personalized adaptive e-learning system developed at the University of Warwick, called Topolor. We discuss the results of a quantitative case study that evaluates the perceived usefulness and usability. The results demonstrate a generally high level of learner satisfaction with their learning experience. We extend the discussion of the results to explore future research directions and suggest further improvements for the studied social personalized adaptive e-learning system.

- by Dana Al Qudah
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- Social Interaction, E Learning Management System, Case Study, Shared Knowledge

Advances in computer science and communication technologies have helped people, businesses, and organizations interact faster and easier than ever before. In the future, computers will be required to play a lot more active role in performing a wide range of activities, such as collaboration, decision-making, task automation, data and information management, and so on, to create and share knowledge while assisting users in performing tasks. Computers will have to be a seamless and transparent part of our environment, and their design will have to concentrate as much on human centeredness as on other aspects of the system. Tomorrow's computer based environments will require an optimal integration of decision-making, knowledge management, and human computer interaction aspects. They will also need to be truly pervasive and ubiquitous in nature. The main goal of this paper is to propose an Information Grid-based approach towards realizing such human-centric computing systems in a distributed environment, in order to facilitate collaboration, knowledge sharing, and distributed decision-making, at both local and global levels. The proposed framework is a layered approach that incorporates decision making, human centeredness and knowledge management at various points in the architecture. A first step towards the implementation of such a system is also proposed by incorporating the HUDS architecture [16] in a grid-based scenario. This implementation incorporates four important properties, namely, pervasiveness, awareness, autonomicity, and human factors in order to make the system human centric in nature.

- by William K McQuay and +1
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- Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Knowledge Management, Information Management

Spam is one of the major problems of today email systems. While many solutions have been proposed to automatically detect and filter spam, spammers are getting more and more technically sophisticated and aware of internal workings of anti-spam systems, finding ways to disguise their emails to get around the different controls that can be enforced. In this paper, we propose a decentralized privacypreserving approach to spam filtering. Our solution exploits robust digests to identify messages that are a slight variation of one another and a structured peer-to-peer architecture between mail servers to collaboratively share knowledge about spam.

- by Ernesto Damiani
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- Computer Science, Peer-to-Peer, Shared Knowledge, Spam Filtering

The success of information system development involving multi-organizational collaboration can depend heavily on effective knowledge sharing across boundaries. This paper reports on a comparative examination of knowledge sharing in two separate networks of public sector organizations participating in information technology innovation projects in New York State. As is typical of innovations resulting from recent government reforms, the knowledge sharing in these cases is a critical component of the information system development, involving a mix of tacit, explicit, and interactional forms of sharing across organizational 1 The research reported here is supported by the National Science Foundation grant #SES-9979839. The views and conclusions expressed in this report are those of the authors alone and do not reflect the views or policies of the National Science Foundation.

- by Anthony Cresswell
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- Business, Information Systems, Information Technology, Knowledge sharing

The 'Rural Livelihoods' thesis argues that the reduction of poverty hinges on the capability of the poor to combine different livelihood strategies and sources, which allow them to become less vulnerable to shocks and risks. As diversity is related to flexibility, resilience and stability, diverse livelihood systems are seen to be less vulnerable than undiversed ones . This implies that relevant to improving livelihoods are interventions that facilitate diverse household strategies and opportunities.

- by Cheryll Ruth Soriano
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- Rural Development, Rural Poverty, Food Security, Information Access

In this paper, we describe a knowledge management framework that addresses the needs of multimedia analysis projects and provides a basis for information retrieval systems. The framework uses Semantic Web technologies to provide a shared knowledge environment, and active Knowledge Machines, wrapping multimedia processing tools, to exploit and/or export knowledge to this environment. This framework is able to handle a wide range of use cases, from an enhanced workspace for researchers to end-user information access. As an illustration of how the proposed framework can be used, we present a case study of music analysis.

- by Samer Abdallah
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- Computer Science, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Management, Semantics

Rather than a document that is constantly being written as in the wiki approach, the Living Document (LD) is a document that also acts as a document router, operating by means of structured and organized social tagging and using existing ontologies. It offers an environment where users can manage papers and related information, share their knowledge with their peers and discover hidden associations among the shared knowledge. The LD builds upon both the Semantic Web, which values the integration of well-structured data, and the Social Web, which aims to facilitate interaction amongst people by means of user-generated content. In this vein, the LD is similar to a social networking system, with users as central nodes in the network, with the difference that interaction is focused on papers rather than people. Papers, with their ability to represent research interests, expertise, affiliations, and links to web based tools and databanks, are the central axis for interaction amongst user...

- by olga giraldo
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- Information Systems, Life Sciences, Semantic Web, Knowledge Representation

A comprehensive approach to the design and implementation of multi-robots cooperative systems is described. It focuses on a design process that uses the Unified Modeling Language and on a detailed ontology description with the goal of sharing the knowledge on environments that robots can acquire through the use of their vision sub-system. We base the implementation of our robotics vision system on agents inserted in a generic multi-level architectures. The first objective of this work is to provide a framework ...

- by Massimo Cossentino
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- Robot Vision, Knowledge sharing, Agent Based, Design process

We describe the design and evaluation of K-net, a social matching system to help people learn 'who knows what' in an organization by matching people with skills with those who need them. Transactive memory theory predicts that K-net will improve individuals' awareness of 'who knows what'. This should lead to improved performance through sharing knowledge across group boundaries. We evaluate K-net in terms of these predictions in an experiment with 41 students in seven groups working on software engineering projects. Accurate recommendations improved awareness of 'who knows what' versus 'random' recommendations, but did not improve performance. Our results highlight issues related to the evaluation of systems for sharing knowledge across group boundaries.

- by N. Shami
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- Software Engineering, Transactional Memory, Group work, Shared Knowledge

This paper proposes an improved redesign of Wikipedia Tutorial following Fogg's persuasive concept. Wikipedia international project aims at being the biggest online and free encyclopedia. It can be considered a persuasive tool which tries to motivate people to collaborate for the development of a shared knowledge corpus, following a specific policy of behavior.

- by Fabiana Vernero
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- Computer Science, Knowledge sharing, Writing, Visual Communication

The aim of this article is to contribute to laying a theoretical foundation for visually communicating competence through PechaKucha presentations. PechaKucha is a PowerPoint presentation format consisting of 20 slides that are shown for 20 seconds each. This article argues that the PechaKucha presentation format can be aligned with Nonaka's SECI model (socialization, externalization, combination, internalization) to look at competences from a knowledge creation perspective. From a managerial perspective, the theoretical discussion in this article can be used in organizational settings to share knowledge through PechaKucha presentations between people with different backgrounds. On the other hand, from a research perspective, this article has at least two implications. First, by combining semiotics with knowledge management this article attempts to renew the call for a semiotic/ linguistic perspective to knowledge management. Second, by combining visual communication with written and oral communication, the author calls for a more holistic approach to knowledge-related research in organizational settings.

To support the sharing and reuse of formally represented knowledge among AI systems, it is useful to define the common vocabulary in which shared knowledge is represented. A specification of a representational vocabulary for a shared domain of discourse—definitions of classes, relations, functions, and other objects—is called an ontology. This paper describes a mechanism for defining ontologies that are portable over representation systems. Definitions written in a standard format for predicate calculus are translated by a system called Ontolingua into specialized representations, including frame-based systems as well as relational languages. This allows researchers to share and reuse ontologies, while retaining the computational benefits of specialized implementations.We discuss how the translation approach to portability addresses several technical problems. One problem is how to accommodate the stylistic and organizational differences among representations while preserving declarative content. Another is how to translate from a very expressive language into restricted languages, remaining system-independent while preserving the computational efficiency of implemented systems. We describe how these problems are addressed by basing Ontolingua itself on an ontology of domain-independent, representational idioms.

- by Miqdad AL-noori
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- Shared Knowledge, Knowledge Acquisition, Computational Efficiency

Current threats to the planet's biodiversity are unprecedented, and they particularly imperil insular floras. In this investigation, we use the threat factors identified by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment as the main drivers of biodiversity loss on islands to define and rank 13 current, continuing threats to the plant diversity of nine focal archipelagos where volcanic origin (or in the Seychelles a prolonged isolation after a continental origin) has produced a high degree of endemicity and fragility in the face of habitat alteration. We also conduct a global endangerment assessment based on the numbers of insular endemic plants in the endangered (EN) and critically endangered (CR) IUCN categories for 53 island groups with an estimated 9951 endemic plant species, providing a representative sample of the world's insular systems and their floristic richness. Our analyses indicate that isolation does not significantly influence endangerment, but plant endemics from very small islands are more often critically endangered. We estimate that between 3500 and 6800 of the estimated 70,000 insular endemic plant species worldwide might be highly threatened (CR +EN) and between ca. 2000 and 2800 of them in critical danger of extinction (CR). Based on these analyses, and on a worldwide literature review of the biological threat factors considered, we identify challenging questions for conservation research, asking (i) what are the most urgent priorities for the conservation of insular species and floras, and (ii) with the knowledge and assets available, how can we improve the impact of conservation science and practice on the preservation of island biodiversity? Our analysis indicates that the synergistic action of many threat factors can induce major ecological disturbances, leading to multiple extinctions. We review weaknesses and strengths in conservation research and management in the nine focal archipelagos, and highlight the urgent need for conservation scientists to share knowledge and expertise, identify and discuss common challenges, and formulate multidisciplinary conservation objectives for insular plant endemics worldwide. To our knowledge, this is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey yet to review the threat factors to native plants on oceanic islands and define priority research questions.

- by Vincent Florens
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- Evolutionary Biology, Plant Biology, Ecology, Literature Review

Background: In the experience of health professionals, it appears that interacting with peers in the workplace fosters learning and information sharing. Informal groups and networks present good opportunities for information exchange. Communities of practice (CoPs), which have been described by Wenger and others as a type of informal learning organization, have received increasing attention in the health care sector; however, the lack of uniform operating definitions of CoPs has resulted in considerable variation in the structure and function of these groups, making it difficult to evaluate their effectiveness. Objective: To critique the evolution of the CoP concept as based on the germinal work by Wenger and colleagues published between 1991 and 2002. Discussion: CoP was originally developed to provide a template for examining the learning that happens among practitioners in a social environment, but over the years there have been important divergences in the focus of the concept. Lave and Wenger's earliest publication (1991) centred on the interactions between novices and experts, and the process by which newcomers create a professional identity. In the 1998 book, the focus had shifted to personal growth and the trajectory of individuals' participation within a group (i.e., peripheral versus core participation). The focus then changed again in 2002 when CoP was applied as a managerial tool for improving an organization's competitiveness. Summary: The different interpretations of CoP make it challenging to apply the concept or to take full advantage of the benefits that CoP groups may offer. The tension between satisfying individuals' needs for personal growth and empowerment versus an organization's bottom line is perhaps the most contentious of the issues that make CoPs difficult to cultivate. Since CoP is still an evolving concept, we recommend focusing on optimizing specific characteristics of the concept, such as support for members interacting with each other, sharing knowledge, and building a sense of belonging within networks/teams/groups. Interventions that facilitate relationship building among members and that promote knowledge exchange may be useful for optimizing the function of these groups.

- by Linda Li and +1
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- Informal Learning, Health Care, Implementation Science, Professional Identity

Irony is a kind of communication in which shared knowledge about a particular context is formed as a counter-intuitive statement with hidden meaning. Irony is important because it branches the tree of knowledge and balances morality. This paper reviews the definition and value of irony; examines ironic works on crime and control; proposes an irony of criminology: it can be studied with science and thereby improved; draws on this idea to provide a method-based theory of theory and findings; and concludes by discussing implications for future work in reflexive criminology.

- by Jitendra Kumar
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- Criminology, Critical Criminology, Shared Knowledge, Iron

The communication of information in clinical settings is fraught with problems despite avowed common aims of practitioners and patients. Some reasons for the problematic nature of clinical communication are incongruent frames of reference about what information ought to be shared, sociolinguistic differences and social distance between practitioners and patients. Communication between doctors and nurses is also problematic, largely due to differences in ideology between the professions about what ought to be communicated to patients about their illness and who is ratified to give such information.

- by J MATHEWS
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- Sociology, Social Change, Anthropology, Communication

Los manuales introductorios pueden ser considerados como testimonios del nivel de ciencia de un momento dado. La Introducción a la Psicología de Hilgard ha sido publicada en 13 ediciones, la primera en 1953 y la última en el año 2000. El análisis de las sucesivas ediciones de este texto proporciona información en relación a los cambios que han tenido lugar dentro del campo de la psicología durante la última parte del siglo XX. Los contenidos del texto que se han analizado en el estudio incluyen la definición de psicología que aparece a través de este período, el énfasis que se ha dado a los diversos procesos psicológicos y las áreas de la psicología, y la presencia de autores con un gran número de trabajos citados en las sucesivas ediciones.

- by Francisco Tortosa
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- Psychology, Text Analysis, Shared Knowledge, Psicothema

This paper integrates expectancy disconfirmation theory and justice theory to construct a model for investigating the motivations behind people's knowledge sharing in open professional virtual communities. The study holds that three dimensions of positive disconfirmation (i.e., knowledge quality, self-worth, and social interaction), three dimensions of justice (i.e., distributive, procedural justice, and interactional), and playfulness will influence individuals' satisfaction with knowledge sharing in open professional virtual communities. We also argue that playfulness and satisfaction can engender knowledge sharing continuance intention in such communities. Data collected from 270 members of one open professional virtual community provide support for the proposed model. The results help identifying the motivation underlying individuals' knowledge sharing behavior. Implications for theory and practice and limitations are discussed.

- by Chao-Min Chiu
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- Information Systems, Social Psychology, Social Interaction, Knowledge sharing

Objetivo: contribuir para a divulgação das peculiaridades da síndrome de Freeman-Sheldon e, em particular, do alto risco de recorrência em irmãos na sua forma recessiva, valorizando a importância do aconselhamento genético das famílias... more

- by Gerson Carakushansky
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- Genetics, Genetic counseling, High Frequency, Shared Knowledge

This paper defines the agile enterprise as one which is able to both manage and apply knowledge effectively, and suggests that value from either capability is impeded if they are not in balance. It looks at the application of knowledge as requiring a change, and overviews a body of analytical work on change proficiency in business systems and processes. It looks at knowledge management as a strategic portfolio management responsibility based on learning functionality, and shares knowledge and experience in organizational collaborative learning mechanisms. It introduces the concept of plug-compatible knowledge packaging as a means for increasing the velocity of knowledge diffusion and the likelihood of knowledge understood at the depth of insight. Finally, it reviews a knowledge portfolio management and collaborative knowledge development architecture used successfully in a sizable cross-industry informal-consortia activity, and suggests that it is a good model for a corporate university architecture.

- by Rick Dove
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- Knowledge Management, Portfolio Management, Collaborative Learning, Shared Knowledge
- by Jason Rushton
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- Social Identity, Heuristics, National Identity, Social construction

A collaborative workflow is a business process with a set of linked tasks.

- by Eldon Li
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- Information Systems, Access Control, Computer Security, Shared Knowledge
- by Robertus Wangge
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- Shared Knowledge

Organizations need to effectively combine and utilize knowledge resources that are distributed amongst the employees and groups in the firm. This paper examines the use of knowledge-sharing mechanisms to leverage the learning, experience and expertise of employees accumulated across projects. I specify a framework that classifies the knowledge-sharing mechanisms used by project-based organizations. Prior research tends to examine only one dimension of knowledge-sharing mechanisms -personalization versus codification. Personalization mechanisms are often assumed to be more ad hoc and informal, and codification mechanisms are assumed to be formal and involve the use of electronic databases. In this paper, personalization versus codification and individualization versus institutionalization are highlighted as two distinct dimensions of knowledge-sharing mechanisms. Individualized knowledge-sharing mechanisms are informal and unstructured, while institutionalized knowledge-sharing mechanisms are formal and embedded in organizational routines and structure. A framework is presented to show how the two dimensions interact. Based on empirical case studies in two project-based organizations, the paper examines if there are suitable configurations of knowledge-sharing mechanisms for organizations with different characteristics. The study contributes to research by providing a more nuanced classification of knowledge-sharing mechanisms, and provides guidance to managers about the types of knowledge-sharing mechanisms that should be adopted based on the size, geographical dispersion and task nature of organizations.

- by zack johneton
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- Information Systems, Organizational Learning, Knowledge sharing, Case Studies

Information and communication technology (ICT) can enhance knowledge sharing by lowering temporal and spatial barriers between knowledge workers, and improving access to information about knowledge. Looking at ICT for knowledge sharing in this light, however, has limited value, because it ignores when and how the quality of knowledge sharing will be enhanced. A more encompassing perspective will come about if ICT is studied with relation to the motivation for knowledge sharing. The article explores this perspective by developing a theoretical model identifying and linking the variables involved. By presenting the outcomes of an empirical investigation, it also illustrates the differential effects of ICT on the motivation for knowledge sharing in different settings.

- by Juanita Putri
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- Informatics, Knowledge Management, Knowledge sharing, Business and Management

This paper discusses the co-design process developed in the Winter School, a course run by the Designing Out Crime (DOC) research centre at the University of Technology Sydney. Projects undertaken in this course address crime prevention from a holistic, designerly perspective that contrasts with traditional approaches such as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). The design collaboration at the Winter School involves partner organisations, the DOC team and students, all of whom work together to develop innovative design concepts that improve community wellbeing and safety. This paper illustrates, using three project examples, the advantages and challenges of applying the co-design process in the domain of socially responsive design.

- by Rohan Lulham
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- Information Systems, Sociology, Architecture, Collaborative Design

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become essential in industry, yet the potential value created through system use can be illusive due to poor usability. Extensive interviews with users revealed that the underlying complexity of these systems manifests itself in unintuitive interfaces that are challenging to use. Given the lack of progress made with traditional design approaches, we propose a different tactic based on a system-user collaborative approach. This entails that the system acts as a collaborative partner by sharing knowledge, providing task-specific support, and adapting to user behaviors. Based on this collaborative view, we derive a set of principles for guiding the design of ERP systems and provide concrete examples demonstrating (1) how a lack of collaborativeness contributes to various usability problems, and (2) how our proposed design principles can be used to enhance the collaborativeness and, hence, the usability of ERP systems.

- by Heikki Topi and +1
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- Shared Knowledge, User Behavior, ERP system, Enterprise Resource Planning

The multidisciplinary HACCP team is a firmly embedded part of the HACCP system and it is a generally held belief that the outcome of this team approach will be a stronger food safety system than could be developed by individuals working alone. HACCP team members are normally selected for their operational skills and expertise rather than HACCP knowledge, and are normally trained to an equivalent level in HACCP principle application. However if there are weaknesses in the HACCP team's knowledge about how to apply HACCP principles it follows that there could be weaknesses in the system. Similarly the way that HACCP team members interact and share knowledge could have an impact on food safety, particularly whose view will prevail when there is a difference of opinion, and whether more junior team members have the confidence to challenge their more senior colleagues. It is therefore important to understand the way that HACCP teams work together to make decisions about food safety and HACCP. In the setting of a multinational manufacturing organisation, this research uses a combination of HACCP knowledge testing of individuals and teams with observation of the HACCP team decision-making process to investigate the impact of HACCP teams on the success of the HACCP development process. Findings are contrary to the expected outcome, in that HACCP team knowledge was not necessarily better than that of the individual team members. A potential effect of the team scribe on HACCP effectiveness was identified. Results are discussed with reference to team decision-making models. This research provides insight into HACCP team decision-making processes, and identifies potential limitations within HACCP team operation that need to be understood by food companies. The findings challenge traditional views of the HACCP team and propose approaches to team selection that will maximise HACCP development success.

- by Carol Wallace and +2
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- Chemical Engineering, Food Safety, Decision Making, Food
- by Einar Holm and +3
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- Software Engineering, Information Society, Complex System, Shared Knowledge

This paper describes the design of and experimentation with the Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language (KQML), a new language and protocol for exchanging information and knowledge. This work is part a larger effort, the ARPA Knowledge Sharing Effort which is aimed at developing techniques and methodology for building large-scale knowledge bases which are sharable and reusable. KQML is both a message format and a message-handling protocol to support run-time knowledge sharing among agents. KQML can be used as a language for an application program to interact with an intelligent system or for two or more intelligent systems to share knowledge in support of cooperative problem solving.

- by Paul Hong
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- Engineering, Operations Management, Mathematical Sciences, Product Development
- by Liana Razmerita
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- Knowledge Management, Knowledge sharing, Literature Review, Web

Seeking for knowledge is one of the most important problems that learners frequently face during their learning process. In this research, a computer supported collaboration learning in ubiquitous computing environment is designed and implemented. This environment is called Perkam (personalized knowledge awareness map). Perkam allows the learners to seek for and share knowledge, interact, collaborate, and exchange individual experiences. This system recommends the appropriate educational materials and peer helpers. The knowledge awareness map visualizes the relative distance between the learner's request and location from one side, and the suggested educational materials and peer helpers from the other side. This paper focuses on the design and the implementation of the knowledge awareness map which is personalized according to the learner's interest and location

A cura di Masi Ribaudo ISBN 978-88-98398-08-9 Contents: introduzione Carlo Pastena Premessa Orietta Sorgi Considerazioni in corso d’opera Masi Ribaudo Uno, due, tre... e quattro il contesto Masi Ribaudo Arca dei Suoni: stato del progetto... more

- by Masi Ribaudo
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- Education, Co-operation, Digital Archives, Sicily

This article is a pragmatic analysis of the figurative language used by the Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta in her novel " The Rape of Shavi " published in 1983. It is an attempt of interpretation of the implied meaning she conveys to her readers through allusions, metaphors, similes and symbols. The analyzed data were collected through a selection of some important instances of figurative language during the proofreading of the novel. The interpretations were made with the integration of references and presuppositions relating to the author's sociocultural and educational background that constitutes the contextual makeup of the novel. The analysis of the figurative language instances reveals that more is being communicated than written and that the intended message can only be uncovered by reaching beyond the bare linguistic structure. I concluded that the novel is a multiple layer literary work that requires from the reader, the possession of a shared knowledge with the author in order to reach an efficient interpretation that discloses the very message that lies beyond the words.

A more natural interaction between humans and mobile robots can be achieved by bridging the gap between the format of spatial knowledge used by robots and the format of languages used by humans. This enables both sides to communicate by using shared knowledge. Spatial knowledge can be (re)presented in various ways to increase the interaction between humans and mobile robots. One effective way is to describe the route verbally to the robot. This method can permit computer language-naive users to instruct mobile robots, which understand spatial descriptions, to naturally perform complex tasks using succinct and intuitive commands. We present a spatial language to describe route-based navigation tasks for a mobile robot. The instructions of this spatial language are implemented to provide an intuitive interface with which novice users can easily and naturally describe a navigation task to a mobile robot in a miniature city or in any other indoor environment. In our system, the instructions of the processed route are analyzed to generate a symbolic representation via the instruction interpreter. The resulting symbolic representation is supplied to the robot motion planning stage as an initial path estimation of route description and it is also used to generate a topological map of the route’s environment.

- by Mohammed M Elmogy
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- Spatial Language, Language Use, Natural interaction, Shared Knowledge

The biggest challenge in fostering a virtual community is the supply of knowledge, namely the willingness to share knowledge with other members. This paper integrates the Social Cognitive Theory and the Social Capital Theory to construct a model for investigating the motivations behind people's knowledge sharing in virtual communities. The study holds that the facets of social capital — social interaction ties, trust, norm of reciprocity, identification, shared vision and shared language — will influence individuals' knowledge sharing in virtual communities. We also argue that outcome expectations — community-related outcome expectations and personal outcome expectations — can engender knowledge sharing in virtual communities. Data collected from 310 members of one professional virtual community provide support for the proposed model. The results help in identifying the motivation underlying individuals' knowledge sharing behavior in professional virtual communities. The implications for theory and practice and future research directions are discussed.

- by Chao-Min Chiu
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- Information Systems, Social Psychology, Social Interaction, Knowledge sharing

A cura di Masi Ribaudo
ISBN 978-88-904949-2-5
Contents:
introduzione
Francesco Vergara Caffarelli
Il progetto “Arca dei Suoni”: ragioni e bilancio di un’esperienza
Masi Ribaudo
Il Centro Regionale del Catalogo, la salvaguardia dei beni culturali
immateriali e il progetto “Arca dei Suoni”
interventi
Orietta Sorgi
La memoria sonora della Sicilia. Attività e ricerche della Nastroteca
Ferdinando Maurici
Ricerca storica ed editoria all’interno del CRICD. L’attività dell’Unità Operativa XII e le indagini sull’architettura fortificata siciliana
Adriana Fresina
Catalogazione: un metodo di conoscenza del patrimonio culturale
Alessandra De Caro
L’esperienza del Progetto Medins - Identity is Future: The Mediterranean Intagible Space
Donatella Metalli
A scuola di catalogazione
Sandra Proto
Garibaldi e i Mille. Un’impresa da catalogare
Maurizio Zerbo
La valorizzazione degli archivi sonori del jazz. Ipotesi di lavoro e prospettive
Gabriella Caldarella
Il rilevamento sul campo: alcune note operative ricavate dall’esperienza
Masi Ribaudo
La prima edizione del progetto “ARCA dei Suoni”
Edoardo Augello
La documentazione audio e il lavoro del fonico
Mario Ansaldo
I suoni ‘arcaici’ dell’Arca dei Suoni: gli aspetti fonico-tecnici e gli strumenti impiegati
Carlo Columba
Un’Arca per i suoni: gli scopi del progetto, i problemi tecnico-informatici e le soluzioni adottate
strumenti
Masi Ribaudo
La documentazione dei beni culturali immateriali: alcune osservazioni preliminari e indicazioni operative
Orietta Sorgi
Documentare le voci, i canti e i suoni
commenti
“Arca dei Suoni” nei commenti degli studenti e dei loro insegnanti

- by Masi Ribaudo
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- Education, Cultural Heritage, Digital Archives, Co-creation

Facing a fierce worldwide competition in the high tech era, companies are adopting virtual teams as a strategic tool to improve coordination efficiency and to expand organizational knowledge. As the organization knowledge becomes a more important resources than the traditional labor and capital in the new information economy, businesses today advocate knowledge management as a competitive necessity. Among various knowledge

Knowledge has become one of the important resources for competitiveness and growth world-wide. Innovative and knowledge-based organizations are characterized by better productivity and sustainability in the fast changing business environment nowadays. Technologies are providing many opportunities to support creativity, collaboration and knowledge transfer. However, human factors remain the most essential for the successful implementation of any knowledge management and innovation

- by Elissaveta Gourova and +1
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- Knowledge Management, Production, Human Factors, Social Media
- by Andrea Bateman
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- Human Resource Development, Quality Assurance, Labour Market, Shared Knowledge