INFORUM 2006 - 12. Annual Conference On Professional Information Resources

Tools for Collaborative Creating and Sharing Information and Knowledge [contribution]

Author: Jiří Jelínek,  University of Economics - Faculty of Management, Czech Republic

Co-author: Tomáš Kincl

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Abstract

Information and knowledge sharing process has been significantly influenced by a huge expansion of computer networks during last few years. Till these days this process was, more than anything else, only single-direction flow from creator to knowledge recipient or some form of information or knowledge exchange. No doubt the results could be much more better, when creators closely collaborate. Collaboration can be defined as the process where all parties work together and build consensus to reach a decision or create a product, the result of which benefits all of them.

This paper presents several progressive successful services, which represents various concepts of cooperative knowledge sharing and creating. Firstly mentioned is WikiWikiWeb service, which concept is best known for its implementation - web encyclopedia Wikipedia. Wikipedia provides a user friendly interface for web-based knowledge sharing. Next described is a collaborative system Cmap, which supports sharing and cooperative creating of topic maps. The last example described is Annotea - W3C project, which supports metadata and WWW description sharing. This could be successfully used in semantic web concept so as systems for collaborative creation of ontologies.

This paper concerns capabilities of mentioned tools and services and presents practical experience with them from educational process at the Faculty of Management, VSE.

About the author

Ing. Jiří Jelínek, CSc., (born 1966), Associate Professor, Dept. of Information Management, Univ. of Economics Prague. Research interests: knowledge acquisition, data mining, web mining, AI, computer networks and information systems. Conference papers: The User Support in the WWW Environment. INFORUM 2004: 10-th conference about professional information sources, 25.5.-27.5. 2004, Prague • The Use of the WWW as an Effective Information Source. Conference "Libraries in the Web of Collaboration", J. Hradec 24. - 26. 6. 2004 • with Kincl T. and Přibil J.: Internet Marketplace for Exchange of Study Materials, 3-rd National Conference about Distance Learning in Czech Republic, Brno 30. 6. - 2. 7. 2004 • The Use of SMIL Technology for Creation of Multimedia Study Materials, 3-rd. National Conference about Distance Learning in Czech Republic, Brno 30. 6. - 2. 7. 2004 • The Use of Graphs for Text Processing. Knowledge 2006, Hradec Králové, feb. 2006. Grants and development projects (DP): Integrated Project of Support of Study and Administration Processes on Management Faculty, Univ. of Economics Prague with Modern Information and Communication Technology, DP of Czech Ministry of Education, no. 600/7, 2004 • User Support in the WWW environment, Grant of IGA, Univ. Of Economics, 2004-5 • The Use of Graphs for Text Processing, Grant of IGA, Univ. Of Economics, 2005-6