Peer to peer model for virtual knowledge communities
Pierre Maret, Julien Subercaze, Jacques Calmet · 2008
Abstract. Knowledge management and communication scheme are keystones of virtual organizations or virtual communities. Both concepts can be based upon the peer-to-peer approach. This point of view is highly suitable to address virtual organization issues because it emphasizes both autonomy and communication. A Virtual Knowledge Community is a dynamic set of peers or agents gathered around a common topic of interest. We propose in this paper the design of successive packages that implement peers ’ abilities in acting within communities. Our packages are fully generic and help implementing any types of communities. It is based upon a paradigm which considers a peer as an agent, and composed of knowledge and of a decision mechanism. Key words: peer to peer, virtual organization, agent-oriented abstraction, knowledge management. 1