Implementation of Wiki-based Knowledge Management Systems for Small Research Groups

Due to the soaring of knowledge-based economy and the blooming growth of e-business, the way to effectively accumulate and manage valuable data of knowledge has become an important issue for all the industry. There are many knowledge management systems built for large corporate companies. However, not many open source systems are available for small research communities. Currently, wiki has not only changed the conception of building knowledge in an on-going process, but also become a popular tool of sharing knowledge worldwide. In this paper, we adopt wiki tools, Tiddly-Wiki and Media-Wiki, to build two useful platforms as knowledge management systems for small research groups less than twenty members. Furthermore, we also provide integration service via the Update Server, which supports knowledge update, coherence editing, and knowledge sharing in order to satisfy the requirements of personal and group research. Our prototype intends to help students quickly grasp the expertise of their specific domain knowledge as new comers and become experienced researchers after graduation. We try to make this project as a continuous effort to accumulate more useful knowledge in a collaborative manner as required by the researchers.