Role of Social Computing in the Implementation of a Knowledge City Portal

Author

Rashid, Ammar ; Metaxiotis, Kostas ; Kausar, Rashid

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Manage., Victoria Univ. of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

19-21 March 2010

Firstpage

379

Lastpage

383

Abstract

Knowledge Cities fall under a new area of academic research entitled Knowledge-Based Development (KBD), which brings together research in urban development and urban studies and planning with knowledge management and intellectual capital. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of social computing and a promising role it could play in the implementation of Web-based Knowledge City Portal. A collection of academic and practitioner papers/articles related to social computing, web portal, knowledge city and related areas are analyzed and critiqued. Four critical dimensions namely Accessibility, Affordability, Usability, and Functionality are identified and analyzed to form a conceptual implementation model for a Web-based Knowledge City Portal.

Keywords

Internet; knowledge management; portals; social sciences computing; Web-based knowledge city portal implementation; intellectual capital; knowledge management; knowledge-based development; social computing; urban development; urban planning; Application software; Cities and towns; Computer applications; Informatics; Information management; Internet; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge management; Portals; Social network services; Knowledge City; Knowledge Management; Knowledge-based Development; Portal Introduction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Engineering and Applications (ICCEA), 2010 Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bali Island

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6079-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6080-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEA.2010.224

Filename

5445675