Methods and systems for managing knowledge documents
First Claim
1. A system for managing knowledge documents in a community of practice environment, comprising:
- a first community of practice, including as members, first users, first one or more experts, and first one or more community of practice managers, and including a community of practice database storing a first community of practice data set identifying a first knowledge document as being assigned to the first community of practice;
a second community of practice including as members, second users, second one or more experts, and second one or more community of practice managers, and including a second community of practice database storing a second community of practice data set identifying the first knowledge documents as being assigned to the second community of practice, wherein the first community of practice delivers the first knowledge document to the second community of practice in response to a request for the first knowledge document from a first member of the second community of practice.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for managing knowledge documents in a community of practice environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a community of practice environment may include a set of communities of practice, each including respective members and each being assigned respective knowledge documents. The community of practice environment may also include a database system storing the knowledge documents used by the communities of practice. The database system may be configured to deliver copies of the knowledge documents to the communities of practices in response to requests to access the knowledge documents from respective community of practice members.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for managing knowledge documents in a community of practice environment, comprising:
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a first community of practice, including as members, first users, first one or more experts, and first one or more community of practice managers, and including a community of practice database storing a first community of practice data set identifying a first knowledge document as being assigned to the first community of practice;
a second community of practice including as members, second users, second one or more experts, and second one or more community of practice managers, and including a second community of practice database storing a second community of practice data set identifying the first knowledge documents as being assigned to the second community of practice, wherein the first community of practice delivers the first knowledge document to the second community of practice in response to a request for the first knowledge document from a first member of the second community of practice. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A community of practice environment, including:
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a set of communities of practice, each including respective members and each being assigned respective knowledge documents; and
a database system storing the knowledge documents used by the communities of practice, wherein the database system is configured to deliver copies of the knowledge documents to the communities of practices in response to requests to access the knowledge documents from respective community of practice members. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of managing a community of practice environment including communities of practice, each assigned particular knowledge documents, including:
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receiving a request from a member of a first community of practice for a first knowledge document included in a first set of knowledge documents assigned to the first community of practice; and
retrieving by the first community of practice, the knowledge document from a community entity included in the community of practice environment. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of managing a community of practice environment including community entities, which includes at least a first community of practice, comprising:
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receiving a request from a member of the first community of practice to add a new knowledge document to the first community of practice;
determining, by the first community of practice, whether the new knowledge document is assigned to the first community of practice;
determining, by a first community entity, whether the new knowledge document is assigned to the first community entity based on the determination by the first community of practice;
assigning the new knowledge document to at least the first community of practice; and
storing the new knowledge document in the community of practice environment based on the determinations by the first community of practice and the first community entity that the new knowledge document is not assigned, wherein the new knowledge document is stored such that it is accessible by all of the community entities in the community of practice environment. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for managing knowledge documents in a community of practice environment including communities of practices, comprising:
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assigning knowledge documents to respective communities of practice, each community of practice including members that use the knowledge documents to achieve a goal of the community of practice and a computer system that stores information reflecting the knowledge document assignments; and
storing the knowledge documents in a memory space accessible by each of the communities of practice. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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