knowIT, a semantic informatics knowledge management system

  • Authors:
  • Laurent Alquier;Keith McCormick;Ed Jaeger

  • Affiliations:
  • Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C, Raritan NJ;Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C, Raritan NJ;Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C, Exton PA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We present knowIT, a collaborative database designed to manage the shared knowledge about Informatics Systems in a research organization. In this paper, we discuss requirements that emerged through years of use and we describe the challenges of migrating content from an existing relational database to a solution based on a Semantic MediaWiki. Finally, we review which customizations were required in order to improve user acceptance, both for editors and viewers. Our experience will serve as a case study for a pragmatic approach to knowledge management.