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- Language: is required because Know-CoM is used by companies in several
countries.
Figure 2 depicts the dimensions described above as a MindMap, which represents
a minimal joint knowledge structure for the enterprises participating in Know-CoM.
According to these dimensions, nearly every document can be classified
(semi)automatically. With the following example, the classification of a document
corresponding to the eight dimensions will be illustrated:
If a tester xy (1) from the Spanish (2) company z (3) gains experiences (4) during the
mold-testing phase (5) related to the plastic press mold (6) functionality on August 10
(7) and documents these experiences in the format .doc (8), then the following charac-
teristics of the dimensions result from this documentation:
(1) person: à internal person à tester à tester xy
(2) language: à Spanish
(3) location: à company z in Spain
(4) knowledge type: à experience type à unapproved experience
(5) process: à development process à test
Figure 2. Joint knowledge structure