KNOWLEDGE PORTAL
definition
A type of portal that purposely supports and stimulates knowledge transfer, knowledge storage and retrieval, knowledge creation, knowledge integration, and knowledge application by providing access to relevant knowledge artifacts.
Functionalities
Repository focused
Network focused
Search
Applications and Services
Repository Access
Personalization and Role Management
Unified Interface
Collaboration and Communication Tools
Component
Knowledge Organization Systems
simple component
Registers
Categorizations
challenges for deployment
Favorable Organizational Culture
Knowledge Integration
Sufficient Contribution
Framework for Literature Review
Analysis
Design
Planning
Implementation
focuses on justification for
building a knowledge portal
identify specialized needs
identify information access in underlying systems
need for integration between multiple sources
understand business process
examines current situation of knowledge sharing
describe system functions
identify stakeholders
semantic web and ontology technique
artificial intelligent techniques
datamining technique
security issues
Portlets
criteria for successful
implementations
executive level support
linking knowledge and business processes,
motivation
developing information sharing culture, technical design
social context
challenges
filtering documents
the impact of an improved portal
the potential use of existing methodologies
Virtual workplaces that enable knowledge sharing among different categories of
end-users and can be customized to meet the individual’s needs.