The NetAcademy: A Novel Approach to Domain-Specific Scientific Knowledge Acculumation, Dissemination and Review
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
1998-01-06
Author(s)
Schmid, Beat
;
Lincke, David-Michael
;
Schubert, Petra
;
Selz, Dorian
Abstract
Over the last decade the speed at which knowledge is generated has greatly accelerated, thus exacerbating theproblem of finding the right information at the right time and posing new kinds of challenges to the management of an ever increasing pool of knowledge.Taking up the ideas of the ancient Greek concept of Academia, the"NetAcademy" is aiming at providing a knowledge medium to aid in the creation, integration, reviewing and dissemination of domain-specific knowledge in the scientific community taking full advantage of the unique characteristics of the Internet medium. The vision is to offer an open structure and management concept for virtually any kind of field of research in search of an intelligible organization of its contents.The paper emphasizes on the motivation of the NetAcademy concept and its feasibility on the basis of availableInternet technologies. The main part discusses the three key concepts which differentiate the NetAcademyfrom more traditional approaches to digital libraries: the system-immanent vocabulary allowing for the mediationof knowledge through powerful search mechanisms on a semantic level, an integrated system of roles that allowsrights and duties to be assigned to agents interacting with the medium and the modular, template-based design.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Event Title
31st HICSS Conference
Event Location
Hawaii
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
9451
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