A web services implementation of a user-centered knowledge management platform for the construction industry

Rezgui, Y; Meziane, F

Abstract

The research described in this paper aims at specifying and developing an open model-based infrastructure and a set of tools that promote consistent knowledge management within collaborative environments in the construction sector. The specified solution emerged from a comprehensive analysis of the business and information/knowledge management practices of four construction organizations and makes use of a construction-specific ontology for specifying adaptive mechanisms that can organize documents according to their content and interdependencies while maintaining their overall consistency. The proposed Web-based infrastructure includes services allowing the creation, capture, indexing, retrieval, and dissemination of knowledge. It also promotes the integration of third-party services, including proprietary and legacy tools. The Web-services model is used as the underlying middleware technology that supports the solution. The research is sponsored by the European Commission under the Framework V Programme (Information Society and Technology). Keywords information engineering; Inernet-based services; knowledge-based systems; knowledge management

Citation

Rezgui, Y., & Meziane, F. (2005). A web services implementation of a user-centered knowledge management platform for the construction industry. International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies, 1(4), 1-19

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: Sep 25, 2007
• Journal: International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies
• Print ISSN: 1548-3657
• Publisher: IGI Global
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1-19
• Keywords: information engineering; Internet-based services; knowledge-based systems; knowledge management
• Publisher URL: http://www.infosci-journals.com/downloadPDF/pdf/ITJ2939_TXNTRgL969.pdf
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