Special Languages and Shared Knowledge

Authors

  • Rafif Al-Sayed
  • Khurshid Ahmad

Keywords:

Knowledge management, knowledge sharing, knowledge diffusion, best practice, terminology management, health care

Abstract

The transfer of knowledge between groups of individuals of different levels of expertise and orientation is discussed with reference to the manner in which knowledge is disseminated using the specialist language of a given domain. A prototype system that allows access to knowledge at these different levels, through the automatic construction of keyword indexes, is outlined. The controversial relationship between knowledge and language is the basis of arguments in this paper.

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Published

1 Dec 2003

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2003)

Section

Articles

License

Open Access Publishing

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