An XML Based Knowledge Management System for e-Collaboration and e-Learning

Abstract

This paper presents the development, key features, and the implementation principles of a sustainable and scaleable knowledge management system (KMS) prototype for creating, capturing, organizing, and managing digital information in the form of Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents and other popular file formats. It is aimed to provide a platform for global, instant, and secure access to and dissemination of information within a knowledge-intensive organization or a cluster of organizations through Internet or intranet. A three-tier system architecture was chosen for the KMS to provide performance and scalability while enabling future development that supports global, secure, real-time, and multi-media communication of information and knowledge among team members separated by great distance. An XML Content Server has been employed in this work to store, index, and retrieve large volumes of XML and binary content.

Keywords

• Native XML Databases
• Knowledge Management System (KMS)
• Extensible Style Sheet Language (XSL) Transformati
• Search Utility