Centralized Versus Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Management Systems
The term knowledge management system (KMS) has been used widely to denote information
and communication technologies in support of knowledge management. However, so far
investigations about the notion of KMS, their functions and architecture as well as the differences
to other types of systems remain on an abstract level. This paper reviews the literature
on KMS and distills a number of characteristics concerning the specifics of knowledge to be
managed, the platform metaphor, advanced services, KM instruments, supported processes,
participants and goals of their application.......
