Integrated Knowledge Management System (IKMS)

Noblis, a not-for-profit organization, has extensive experience in the development of knowledge management systems (KMSs), and has recently developed a KMS for the Department of Homeland Security to address a specific need in the chemical threat area. While this KMS does not include a risk assessment model, it possesses the attributes required for the incorporation of such a model. It can also be expanded to include other threat agents as well (e.g., biological). The secured, web- enabled KMS includes an advanced search engine which provides powerful search capabilities. The index server allows for a complete integration with the Web application server and other components, providing substantial control over access to indexed documents. The KMS also incorporates a Noblis proprietary knowledge management module which operates on text to retrieve more complicated concepts than what can be extracted using common search tools. This paper sheds some light on the architecture of this KMS, and it also presents and discusses the architecture for an integrated knowledge management system (IKMS).