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KEx: A peer-to-peer solution for distributed
knowledge management
Abstract: Distributed Knowledge Management is an approach to Knowledge
Management based on the principle that the multiplicity (and heterogeneity)
of perspectives within complex organisations should not be viewed
as an obstacle to knowledge exploitation, but rather as an opportunity
that can foster innovation and creativity. Despite a wide agreement
on this principle, most current KM systems are based on the idea
that all perspectival aspects of knowledge should be eliminated
in favour of an objective and general representation of knowledge.
In this paper we propose a peer-to-peer architecture (called KEx),
which embodies the principle above in a quite straightforward way:
(i) each peer (called a K-peer) provides all the services needed
to create and organize ‘local’ knowledge from an individual's
or a group's perspective, and (ii) social structures and protocols
of meaning negotiation are defined to achieve semantic coordination
among autonomous peers (e.g., when searching documents from other
K-peers).
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Bonifacio, M., Bouquet, P., Mameli, G.& Nori, M.
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| Date: |
2002 |
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