1. European Knowledge Platform basics

2. „....integration functions are becoming increasingly important.“ The vicious circle: systems introduced to reduce complexity and to improve coherence actually tend to increase complexity. The solution: browser based open source applications for distributed collaboration and publishing. Enabling applications which are easy to use for everybody.

3. An increasing interaction level between users and groups results from the sequence information/ co- ordination/co-operation. The stock of knowledge and data is moving from the private workplace towards the common area of knowledge and data.

4. The shared workspace: access, rights, collaboration

5. Below you can see two screenshots, which show browser based open source application for distributed collaboration:

6. The system possesses the following possibilities: Members co-ordinate their cooperation via the Shared Workspace (self- organized membership administration) Repository for information related to tasks; members deposit relevant information (documents, notes, spreadsheets, software, etc.) in the workspaces Primarily asynchronous co-operation Version management Discussion forums Flexible access rights, locking of documents Group awareness: event notification and history Search engine for databases Document conversion and archiving System based on Word-Wide Web (WWW) No client software required

7. The following functions are implemented: Create a folder Invite a member View the shared workspace you are invited Upload a file Version the file Open a discussion Go to your shared workspace Distributed Collaboration prepares the ground for Distributed Publishing.

8. E-workers need to capture and distribute knowledge on the fly. Fast processes in networks demand: Fast knowledge representation and distribution Integration into the value chain networks Knowledge owners become knowledge providers

9. Direct representation of Knowledge through Enabling Applications results in: Reducing the number of intermediaries Speeding up knowledge distribution Reducing costs considerably