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16.3.4 Design choices
Our internal wiki, named KnowIt, started initially as a small knowledge
base to help with documentation of systems within J&J Pharmaceutical
Research & Development, with categories such as applications, databases
or servers. The home page for the wiki is shown in Figure 16.4, and
Figures 16.5 and 16.6 show an example of an individual page.
KnowIt was launched in 2008, with content from previous attempts at a
knowledge base about informatics systems dating back to 2002. That initial
content provided a useful base to seed the wiki with a few thousand pages
worth of useful information [8]. The transition to Semantic MediaWiki was
prompted by the need to capture more contextual information about these
systems, such as people and organisations involved, geographic locations or
vocabularies. It was also necessary to keep the knowledge base fl exible
enough to adapt to inevitable changes in R&D. Gradually, the system has
been outgrowing its initial scope and is turning slowly into an encyclopaedia
of 'shared' knowledge within Johnson & Johnson.
The KnowIt landing page. The home page of the wiki
provides customised links based on semantic
annotations captured in user profi les about their
location, their group memberships and professional
interests
Figure 16.4
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