Knowledge Plaza
Encyclopedia
Knowledge Plaza, also referred to as KP, is an Enterprise 2.0
and knowledge management tool
which provides a balance between social bookmarking, document management, wikis and an internal social network. It was initially designed as an information management tool for knowledge worker
s and is often used for collaborative research projects, market intelligence
, information brokerage, etc.
The vendor's company, Whatever S.A., is based in Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park
(Belgium), has offices in Paris (France) and partners in Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Knowledge Plaza is used as the reference tool for the "Social KM" part of the Enterprise Social Software
landscape in USEO's analysis of the market. Their analysis concludes that Knowledge Plaza strikes a balance between a traditional Document management system
and more community-orientated environments such as Jive SBS.
tool that applies such a collective classification mechanism to all information formats: not only websites (like Delicious), but also documents, contacts, e-mails, book references and wikis – as underlined by the comparison of enterprise bookmarking platforms
.
Feature set:
Enterprise 2.0
Enterprise 2.0 is the use of "Web 2.0" technologies within an organization to enable or streamline business processes while enhancing collaboration - connecting people through the use of social-media tools. Enterprise 2.0 aims to help employees, customers and suppliers collaborate, share, and...
and knowledge management tool
Knowledge management
Knowledge management comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences...
which provides a balance between social bookmarking, document management, wikis and an internal social network. It was initially designed as an information management tool for knowledge worker
Knowledge worker
Knowledge workers in today's workforce are individuals who are valued for their ability to act and communicate with knowledge within a specific subject area. They will often advance the overall understanding of that subject through focused analysis, design and/or development. They use research...
s and is often used for collaborative research projects, market intelligence
Market intelligence
Market intelligence can refer to*Marketing Intelligence - commercial information for marketing purposes*Market Intelligence - a form of market research and analysis...
, information brokerage, etc.
The vendor's company, Whatever S.A., is based in Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park
Louvain-la-Neuve
Louvain-la-Neuve is a planned city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the French-speaking part of the country...
(Belgium), has offices in Paris (France) and partners in Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Knowledge Plaza is used as the reference tool for the "Social KM" part of the Enterprise Social Software
Enterprise social software
Enterprise social software , comprises social software as used in "enterprise" contexts. It includes social and networked modifications to corporate intranets and other classic software platforms used by large companies to organize their communication...
landscape in USEO's analysis of the market. Their analysis concludes that Knowledge Plaza strikes a balance between a traditional Document management system
Document management system
A document management system is a computer system used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper documents. It is usually also capable of keeping track of the different versions created by different users . The term has some overlap with the concepts of content management...
and more community-orientated environments such as Jive SBS.
Awards
- In May 2011, Knowledge Plaza receives the "Belgian Start-up of the year" Award from Belgian's leading ICT Magazine Datanews.
- In October 2010, Knowledge Plaza was nominated KMWorld Promise Award 2010 finalist.
- In June 2010, Knowledge Plaza won the prize for the most innovative Knowledge Management tool at the I-expo / KM Forum conference in Paris.
- In 2008, Knowledge Plaza and Whatever won the Prix Lionel Van den Bossche 2008 award given each year to a Belgian innovative enterprise.
Features
Knowledge Plaza appears to be the first Enterprise bookmarkingEnterprise bookmarking
Enterprise bookmarking is a method for Enterprise 2.0 users to tag, organize, store, and search bookmarks of both web pages on the Internet and data resources stored in a distributed database or fileserver...
tool that applies such a collective classification mechanism to all information formats: not only websites (like Delicious), but also documents, contacts, e-mails, book references and wikis – as underlined by the comparison of enterprise bookmarking platforms
Comparison of enterprise bookmarking platforms
The following tables compare Enterprise bookmarking platforms.- General :The table provides an overview of Enterprise Bookmarking platforms. The platforms listed refer to an application that is installed on a web server .- Date and content types :This table lists the types of data that...
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Feature set:
- Combined full-text social searchSocial searchSocial search or a social search engine is a type of web search that takes into account the Social Graph of the person initiating the search query...
and faceted navigation - Bookmarklet for adding/sharing/organizing websites
- Pipelines for adding/sharing/organizing emails and their attachments
- Workspaces and communities for various security/visibility settings
- Collaborative content creation (wiki pages)
- Full export and summary of information packages
- Custom e-mail digests and alerts
- Custom vertical searchVertical searchA vertical search engine, as distinct from a general web search engine, focuses on a specific segment of online content. The vertical content area may be based on topicality, media type, or genre of content. Common verticals include shopping, the automotive industry, legal information, medical...
engines based on shared bookmarks - Tag managementTag managementTag management is the ability to manage user-generated tags or folksonomy within a collaborative software. Tag management features and processes are put in place to encourage cross-user consistency, navigation efficiency and compliance with an existing taxonomy....
abilities that mix a company-defined taxonomyTaxonomyTaxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
and user-generated folksonomyFolksonomyA folksonomy is a system of classification derived from the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content; this practice is also known as collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging...
. KP's approach was described by Thomas Vander WalThomas Vander WalThomas Vander Wal is an information architect best known for coining the term "folksonomy". He is also known for initiating the term "infocloud"...
as "working wonderfully".