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A Methodology for Distributed Knowledge Management Using Ontologies and Peer-to-Peer

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While Knowledge Management solutions designed for the traditional organization achieve knowledge transfer by establishing central repositories of information and global procedures for knowledge flow, Distributed Knowledge Management aims to support the local processes of knowledge creation and puts the emphasis on limited, ad-hoc co-operations based on shared goals instead of global control. Peer-to-peer architectures offer an ideal technological match for the theory of DKM and may be the only choice in many practical cases, e.g. when dealing with personal knowledge that needs to be controlled locally. In the following we present the case for DKM and the methodology that was used in the SWAP project to develop and deploy the P2P applications described elsewhere in this book.

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Mika, P. (2006). A Methodology for Distributed Knowledge Management Using Ontologies and Peer-to-Peer. In: Staab, S., Stuckenschmidt, H. (eds) Semantic Web and Peer-to-Peer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28347-1_15

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