The architecture and business model of the Fraunhofer FIRST/IGD knowledge management portal

Abstract

This paper describes a web-based knowledge management system for editing and visualising facts in a new innovative way. The foundation of the portal is a commercial framework for building information systems. Furthermore, the XTM topic map standard is used for representing the facts and their relationship in the system. In this paper, the overall architecture of the framework and the features we used are described. In the next chapter the representation and modelling of the XTM topic map standard is depicted in detail. In the last chapter the new three-dimensional user-interface is shortly illustrated.