Representation and navigation techniques for semi-structured knowledge in collaborating communities

The paper addresses problems inherent to gathering, managing and browsing knowledge relevant for maintaining and serving a collaborating group with common interests, i.e., a knowledge community. First, current solutions for information management will be examined, highlighting the need of more flexible means of information storage and retrieval. Hereafter, two of the most common—currently available—paradigms, i.e., semantic web technologies and topic maps, will be presented in an overview, and finally, the most suitable of these will be explained in a practical example