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CPE/CSC 581-S05 Computer Support for Knowledge Management
Points 25
Deadline May 3

CPE/CSC 581-S05 Computer Support for Knowledge Management Assignment 2: KM Body of Knowledge

One of the most important tasks in knowledge management frequently consists of establishing a fundamental collection of 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 within the domain of knowledge management, and establish a framework for the body of knowledge in that area. The task is not necessarily to fully develop the respective body of knowledge; unless you choose a fairly narrow scope, this would be far too much work for an assignment. 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 thatmake this task easier, and examine their strenghts and weaknesses.

You are allowed and encouraged to build upon work done by the S03 students; see the respective Blackboard discussion forum. If you decide to do that, please point out in the body of the message (not in the actual document) 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.

Grading Guidelines

This part contributes up to 25 points to the overall assignments score. The score will be determined by the following criteria: For a high score, your evaluation should probably be at least three pages long.

Submission

The deadline for this assignment is two weeks after the distribution. It should be submitted via the Blackboard "Discussion Forum" feature; I have set up a discussion forum for it. You should format your document as an HTML file so that it can be viewed easily from within BlackBoard. If you use MS Word or a similar program, please convert it to HTML. It is also a good idea to put all related files into an archive (.zip, .tar), and add this as an attachment since Blackboard is somewhat unflexible with the direct inclusion of files.

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