• DocumentCode
    2109605
  • Title

    A Social Web Approach to Managing Information and Knowledge in the AEC Industry

  • Author

    Zhang, Jinyue ; El-Diraby, Tamer E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Civil Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-22 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    As Social Web applications have begun to dominate the Internet and changed the way in which people communicate, there is a need to study the application of Social Web concepts in managing information and knowledge. This paper discusses the potential for using four types of social interaction (social tagging, wiki, blogging, and social networking) in the AEC industry.
  • Keywords
    Internet; construction industry; knowledge management; social networking (online); AEC industry; Internet; architecture industry; blogging; construction industry; information management; knowledge management; social Web applications; social networking; social tagging; Blogs; Business communication; Communication industry; Construction industry; Engineering management; Information management; Internet; Knowledge management; Social network services; Tagging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wuhan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4638-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4639-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5302401
  • Filename
    5302401