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IS 301 Computers and Knowledge Fall 2009
Points 25
Deadline Oct. 19

IS 301-F09 Computers and Knowledge Assignment 2: KM Body of Knowledge

One of the most important tasks in knowledge management frequently consists of establishing a fundamental collection of terms, concepts, and documents that describe the commonly known and widely accepted domain knowledge; this is sometimes referred to as "body of knowledge." For example, the professional societies in the field of computer science and software engineering are working on such bodies of knowledge:

In this homework, you need to identify an area related to the domain computers and knowledge, and establish a framework for the body of knowledge in that area. This area of course can also be related to the topic of your project. The emphasis should be on the design of a framework that allows other contributors to add their knowledge, and integrate it with the rest. At the same time, you should utilize tools (see ) that make this task easier, and examine their strenghts and weaknesses.

This assignment can be done together with other students such as your project team, and you can select a topic that is related to your project. In order to allow an evaluation on an individual basis, please describe the distribution of work for this assignment. I expect all members of a team to contribute to the assignment, and larger teams should produce more material. As a rough guideline, each person should contribute about 2-3 pages, including figures, diagrams, or other media objects as you see fit for the topic.

You are allowed and encouraged to build upon work done by the CSC 581 students (see the respective Blackboard discussion forum), or by other people. If you decide to do that, please point out the related work, and what your contributions are.

Here is a list of methods and tools that have been used for similar purposes:

There are many other methods and tools available, and you can choose one that is not listed above. Wikipedia can also be viewed as a very broad body of knowledge, although the termm is more often used for efforts limited to a specific domain.

Grading Guidelines

This part contributes up to 25 points to the overall assignments score. The score will be determined by the following criteria:

Submission

The deadline for this assignment is two weeks after the distribution. It should be submitted via Blackboard Wiki; I will set up an overview page for the assignment.

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