Mashups as an Architecture for Knowledge Management Systems

The potential and significance of mashups for future corporate applications are currently discussed intensively. So far, first approaches for mashups in some areas of knowledge management have been developed. The potential of mashups as an architecture for knowledge management systems has not been analyzed at all. In order to provide a structured view, we firstly systemize mashups and derive a reference architecture for mashups. In a second step we carry out an analysis of mashups as an architecture for KMS. Subsequently, we examine integration potentials of mashups in a standardised architecture of KMS. We show that the architectures of mashups and KMS share at lot of similarities. Furthermore, we demonstrate that mashups and standardized KMS can complement one another in an integrated architecture and we present open research questions in this area.