ILMAX: a system for managing experience knowledge in a long-term study of stream ecosystem regeneration: An application of ecological informatics

摘要

We present the concept and first experiences for a Web-based ecological knowledge management system ILMAX. It manages experience knowledge resulting from an ecological long-term investigation of the regeneration process of the stream Mm (Thuringia, Germany). The tools used are iZone, a Web-based content management system with an emphasis on information retrieval and feedback, and D3, a tool kit for building knowledge-based systems and for managing case bases. The difficult initializing phase of knowledge management systems was done by a "knowledge champion" gathering and structuring various kinds of text documents, data sheets and unpublished knowledge of domain experts.