Knowledge Organization with Mashups

Abstract

Knowledge is based on fact and is often obtained from experience or via association. Knowledge organization is the systematic management and organization of knowledge (Hodge, 2000). With the advent of Web 2.0, mashups have become a hot new thing on the Web. A mashup is a Web site or a Web application that combines content from more than one source and delivers it in an integrated way (Fichter, 2006). This chapter will first discuss knowledge and knowledge organization and review literature on these topics. Then the authors will explore the concept and look at the components of a typical mashup. In addition, they will provide an overview of various mashups on the Internet. From these facts, the chapter proceeds to draw some connections between knowledge organization and mashups, solidifying the authors’ assertions with an elaboration on their real-world, a mashup experiment in an enterprise environment. The authors will describe how they mixed the content from two sets of data and created a new source of data: a novel way of organizing and displaying HP Labs Technical Reports. The findings from this project will be included and some best practices for creating enterprise mashups will be given. Finally, they will discuss the future of enterprise mashups.