Title: Metadata for research and development collaboration between universities

Authors: Lorna Uden, Kimmo Salmenjoki, Marjan Hericko, Luka Pavlic

Addresses: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, Staffordshire University, Beaconside, Stafford, ST16 9DG, UK. ' Department of Computer Science, University of Vaasa, P.O. Box 700, FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland. ' Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, SI–2000 Maribor, Slovenia. ' Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, SI–2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Abstract: Knowledge Management (KM) research requires expertise from many different disciplines. To help with KM research activities of different groups that are geographically distributed, a new Knowledge Management in Organisations (KMO) structure is proposed. The organisational structure of KMO is based on decentralised units where autonomy and independence are established in each group. Effective design of the system requires that a proper format for representing and organising the shared knowledge is crucial. This paper describes the development of metadata and ontology for our KMO system to support the sharing of knowledge for the distributed partners between the four universities.

Keywords: knowledge management; KM; collaborative research; organisational knowledge; knowledge web; semantic web; web technologies; R&D; research and development; university collaboration; metadata; organisational structure; ontologies; knowledge sharing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMSO.2006.012953

International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2006 Vol.1 No.4, pp.295 - 305

Published online: 31 Mar 2007 *

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