A Simple KR Example
KR is a key issue in enterprise knowledge management applications, for example, a corporate memory. Thus, the example used throughout this chapter comes from this application domain.
Here's the scenario. A company runs a couple of projects they provide to customers. The project team members, one of whom is the project manager, have certain technical skills. Every project uses a couple of technologies, for example, specific products or standards. Based on this information, the topic map will contain the following classes.
Topic classes (all defined as topics):
Company
Owner
Employee
Customer
Project
Project manager
Team member
Technology
Product
Standard
Association classes and their roles (all defined as topics):
Ownership (owner, company) ...
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