Title: Research community knowledge portals

Authors: Vladan Devedzic

Addresses: Department of Information Systems and Technologies FON, School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade POB 52, Jove Ilica 154, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Abstract: This paper discusses principles and kinds of research community knowledge portals. It also presents a case study – experiences of a research group in establishing a knowledge portal, the kinds of practical efforts needed in such a project, the major hurdles and pitfalls on the way, and the lessons learned. Although the case study discusses a research community knowledge portal in a specific research field – artificial intelligence – the experiences it describes are relevant for developing portals to other knowledge areas as well.

Keywords: knowledge portals; portal technology; online communities; research community portals; semantic interoperability; artificial intelligence; web-based communities; knowledge management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2005.006253

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 2005 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.96 - 112

Published online: 09 Feb 2005 *

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