Ontology knowledge spaces for semantic collaboration in networked enterprises

In this paper, we define a reference conceptual framework to organize ontology knowledge spaces and related semantic collaboration schemes for coordinated and virtual access to heterogeneous and distributed information resources inside and outside the enterprise, at both intra- and inter-enterprise level under different collaboration requirements and goals. The framework exploits ontology knowledge spaces and enabling services for searching and retrieving the relevant information resources, namely those semantically related to a target request, both in a stable and emergent collaboration scenarios.