Abstract
One of challenges in knowledge engineering is analysis and organization of knowledge finding with an appropriate empirical methodology. Although some methodologies are powerful, many of them are passive, in the sense that only a few suggestions are made by the environment. According an idea try to connect real world and abstract space of knowledge for an intellective-insight. In this paper, we proposed a novel approach to design a virtual space to support knowledge methodological environment, by developing knowledge schema as a part of analysis process covering knowledge management level and knowledge object level. We implemented three levels of architectural views: physical view, logical view, and functional view. We used a scene-graph to implement knowledge methodology in virtual space and explained their schematic with KML/XML-standardization. The benefits of the proposed method are not only to support convergence of the knowledge methodology with its environment, but also to encourage a groupware by participating in geographically-distributed development that contributes to knowledge exchange and sharing. We demonstrated our approach by building a prototype system using GoogleTM APIs environment. Our experimental results show the proposed method satisfies on supportability, usability, and utility in knowledge-developing process. Additionally, its convergent design improves knowledge methodological suggestion for wider user with various experiences.
