Addressing the tacit knowledge of a digital library system

Recent surveys, about the Linked Data initiatives in library organizations, report the experimental nature of related projects and the difficulty in re-using data to provide improvements of library services. This paper presents an approach for managing data and its "tacit" organizational knowledge, as the originating data context, improving the interpretation of data meaning. By analyzing a Digital Libray system, we prototyped a method for turning data management into a "semantic data management", where local system knowledge is managed as a data, and natively foreseen as a Linked Data. Semantic data management aims to curates the correct consumers' understanding of Linked Datasets, driving to a proper re-use

Expressing the tacit knowledge of a digital library system as linked data

Library organizations have enthusiastically undertaken semantic web initiatives and in particular the data publishing as linked data. Nevertheless, different surveys report the experimental nature of initiatives and the consumer difficulty in re-using data. These barriers are a hindrance for using linked datasets, as an infrastructure that enhances the library and related information services. This paper presents an approach for encoding, as a Linked Vocabulary, the "tacit" knowledge of the information system that manages the data source. The objective is the improvement of the interpretation process of the linked data meaning of published datasets. We analyzed a digital library system, as a case study, for prototyping the "semantic data management" method, where data and its knowledge are natively managed, taking into account the linked data pillars. The ultimate objective of the semantic data management is to curate the correct consumers' interpretation of data, and to facilitate the proper re-use. The prototype defines the ontological entities representing the knowledge, of the digital library system, that is not stored in the data source, nor in the existing ontologies related to the system's semantics. Thus we present the local ontology and its matching with existing ontologies, Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies (PREMIS) and Metadata Objects Description Schema (MODS), and we discuss linked data triples prototyped from the legacy relational database, by using the local ontology. We show how the semantic data management, can deal with the inconsistency of system data, and we conclude that a specific change in the system developer mindset, it is necessary for extracting and "codifying" the tacit knowledge, which is necessary to improve the data interpretation process

Knowledge exchange partnership leads to digital transformation at Hydro-X Water Treatment, Ltd

To attract a generation of workers and consumers who have never known a world without Wi-Fi, smartphones, or social media, organizations increasingly have no choice but to incorporate digital technology into every aspect of their operations and processes. The leaders of Hydro-X, a privately owned British enterprise, met the challenge of digital transformation by forming a knowledge exchange partnership with a local university and applying two business models to assess the current state of digital maturity at the firm and map out a strategy to improve it. Their experiences reflect the HINGE project planning methodology: Horizon scanning to evaluate the competition, Internal auditing, New model creation, Gap analysis, and Evaluation of options to determine next steps. As a result of their efforts, Hydro-X fostered an intrapreneurial spirit among its staff and refined its e-commerce platform to digitally target key audiences in order to tap into a new source of revenue

Domain-Driven Design and Soft Systems Methodology as a Framework to Avoid Software Crises

Crisis is considered to be an issue concerning complex systems like societies, organizations or even families. It can be defined as the situation in which the system functions poorly, the causes of the dysfunction are not immediately identified and immediate decisions need to be made. The type and the duration of a crisis may require different kinds of decision making. In a long-term crisis, when system changes may be required, the active participation of the affected people may be more important than the power and dynamics of the leadership. Software crises, in their their contemporary form as oganizational maffunctions, can still affect the viability of any organization. In this contribution we highlight the systemic aspects of a crisis, the complexity behind that and the role of systemic methodologies to explore its root causes and to design effective interventions. Our focus is on modeling as a means to simplify the complexity of the regarded phenomena and to build a knowledge consensus among stakeholders. Domain-Driven Design comes from software as an approach to deal with complex projects. It is based on models exploration in a creative collaboration between domain practitioners and solution providers. SSM is an established methodology for dealing with wicked situations. It incorporates the use of models and, along with Domain-Driven Design and other systemic methodologies can be employed to develop a common perception of the situation and a common language between interested parties in a crisis situation

Comunidades de práctica en las PYMES del sector turístico del Departamento de Caldas

Within the framework of knowledge management, it is necessary to develop intellectual capital, for which variables such as communities of practice must be considered, given their importance for the development of organizations. The research results presented in this article are intended to establish the state of development of communities of practice related to intellectual capital in SMEs in the tourism sector of the Department of Caldas, Colombia, for which it was used a descriptive and correlational analysis with an evaluation model adapted to specific communities, it was possible to evaluate 87% of the SMEs. The main findings show the consolidation of communities of practice of SMEs operators in the tourism sector in the department of Caldas, and highlight the leadership and teamwork of these.En el marco de la gestión del conocimiento, se hace necesario desarrollar el capital intelectual, para lo cual se deben considerar variables como las comunidades de práctica, dada su importancia para el desarrollo de las organizaciones. Los resultados de la investigación presentados en este artículo pretenden establecer el estado de desarrollo de las comunidades de práctica relacionadas con el capital intelectual en las PYMES del sector turístico del Departamento de Caldas, Colombia, para lo cual se utilizó un análisis descriptivo y correlacional con un modelo de evaluación adaptado a comunidades específicas, siendo posible evaluar al 87% de las PYMES. Los principales hallazgos muestran la consolidación de las comunidades de práctica de los operadores de PYMES del sector turístico en el departamento de Caldas, y destacan el liderazgo y el trabajo en equipo de estos

Comunidades de práctica en las PYMES del sector turístico del Departamento de Caldas

Within the framework of knowledge management, it is necessary to develop intellectual capital, for which variables such as communities of practice must be considered, given their importance for the development of organizations. The research results presented in this article are intended to establish the state of development of communities of practice related to intellectual capital in SMEs in the tourism sector of the Department of Caldas, Colombia, for which it was used a descriptive and correlational analysis with an evaluation model adapted to specific communities, it was possible to evaluate 87% of the SMEs. The main findings show the consolidation of communities of practice of SMEs operators in the tourism sector in the department of Caldas, and highlight the leadership and teamwork of these.En el marco de la gestión del conocimiento, se hace necesario desarrollar el capital intelectual, para lo cual se deben considerar variables como las comunidades de práctica, dada su importancia para el desarrollo de las organizaciones. Los resultados de la investigación presentados en este artículo pretenden establecer el estado de desarrollo de las comunidades de práctica relacionadas con el capital intelectual en las PYMES del sector turístico del Departamento de Caldas, Colombia, para lo cual se utilizó un análisis descriptivo y correlacional con un modelo de evaluación adaptado a comunidades específicas, siendo posible evaluar al 87% de las PYMES. Los principales hallazgos muestran la consolidación de las comunidades de práctica de los operadores de PYMES del sector turístico en el departamento de Caldas, y destacan el liderazgo y el trabajo en equipo de estos

Evolution and prospects of the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) package ecosystem

Free and open source software package ecosystems have existed for a long time, but such collaborative development practice has surged in recent years. One of the oldest and most popular package ecosystems is Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN), the repository of packages of the statistical language R, a popular statistical computing environment. CRAN stores a large number of packages that are updated regularly and depend on many other packages in a complex graph of relations. As the repository grows, its sustainability could be threatened by that complexity or nonuniform evolution of some packages. This paper provides an empirical analysis of the evolution of the CRAN repository in the last 20 years, considering the laws of software evolution and the effect of CRAN's policies on such development. Results show how the progress of CRAN is consistent with the laws of continuous growth and change and how there seems to be a relevant increase in complexity in recent years. Significant challenges are raising related to the scale and scope of software package managers and the services they provide; understanding how they change over time and what might endanger their sustainability are key factors for their future improvement, maintenance, policies, and, eventually, sustainability of the ecosystem

Knowledge management frameworks in software engineering:a mapping study

Abstract. Knowledge is an important resource that enables organizations to survive in an ever-changing environment. The basic conceptual structure that describes the processes of internal knowledge transfer and transformation is a knowledge management framework, which serves as a foundation for an effective knowledge management strategy. Software engineering processes have some inherent knowledge management in them, but the process alone does not adequately address knowledge management. The main research question was what kind of research has been done on knowledge management frameworks in software engineering. Three assisting research questions were formed to answer the main research question: What types of papers are being published? What are the keywords covered by the knowledge management framework publications? What types of scientific contributions have the publications made? This thesis used mapping study to get an overview into the research efforts made regarding knowledge management frameworks in software engineering. The study used 76 papers from the database of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which were examined and assigned to multiple categorization schemes, which included research type, keyword coverage, research context, contribution facet and the knowledge management framework type. These resulting categorisations were used to determine the answers to research questions and give insight into the efforts made on knowledge managements frameworks. The results suggest that the efforts on knowledge management frameworks have been consistent over the last 20 years with a peak that corresponds to the popularity trend of research on knowledge management. The publications have been emphasizing few key areas in each categorization scheme. The areas that lack publications are identified, which indicate a research gap