State of the Art in Semantic Organizational Knowledge

Abstract

This chapter proposes a state-of-the-art survey on the emerging field of Semantic Organizational Knowledge. This concept refers to the technologies of the Semantic Web and Linked Data applied to the principles and procedures of organizational knowledge. Originally, organizational Knowledge is described as the ability of employees of an organization to exercise judgment based on the history and collective understanding of a particular context. Researchers have identified the existence of several types of knowledge in organized contexts including explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, cultural knowledge, and embedded knowledge. Along these lines, a number of issues must be addressed in order to apply Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies. The main objective of this chapter is to demonstrate that there exists substantial research that supports the use of the Semantic Web or Linked Data technologies to effectively support all aspects of knowledge creation, sharing, distribution, and acquisition.