Authors:
Max Völkel
and
Andreas Abecker
Affiliation:
FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe, Germany
Keyword(s):
Personal Knowledge Management, Requirements, Literature.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Data Engineering
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Functional and Non-Functional Requirements
;
Health Information Systems
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Management
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Requirements Analysis And Management
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Personal knowledge management (PKM) is a crucial element as well as complement of enterprise knowledge management (EKM) which has been largely neglected by Enterprise Information Systems, up to now. This paper collects requirements for a specific class of PKM software, which supports personal note taking and the idea of extending the human memory by information management. It introduces the knowledge-cue life cycle which describes how information artefacts can be used for helping to denote, remember, use, and further
develop knowledge embodied in people’s heads. Based on this life cycle and on a literature study, this paper derives a comprehensive requirements catalogue to be fulfilled by knowledge articulation tools used in PKM. This requirements list can be used as a design specification and research agenda for PKM tool builders, and to assess the suitability of existing tools for PKM.