An ontology-based collaborative knowledge management network to enhance the reusability of inter-organizational knowledge

A number of knowledge management (KM) approaches based on individual organizational KM strategies and business requirements have been developed without taking system interoperation into consideration. In this paper, a collaborative inter-organizational KM network is proposed to allow various organizations to access and retrieve inter-organizational knowledge. Ontology and mediation methods are applied to the network to enable heterogeneous knowledge management systems to communicate and collaborate with one another. The retrieved inter-organizational knowledge is used to support organizational KM process.