CommOn: A framework for developing knowledge-based systems dedicated to competency-based management

CommOn (competency management through ontologies) is a framework which aims at developing operational knowledge-based systems dedicated to the management of competencies. Such a competency-based system can be used for different purposes such as staff development and deployment, job analysis or economic evaluation. CommOn is based on two models (implemented with specific tools) which guide (i) the building of competency reference systems related to particular domains such as healthcare or information and telecommunication, (ii) the identification and the formal representation of competency profiles and (iii) the matching of competency profiles. Developed in the context of semantic Web technology, the CommOn framework allows one to build shareable ontologies and knowledge bases represented with semantic Web languages and to develop competency-based Web services dedicated to human resource management. The use of CommOn is illustrated in the context of a project (related to e-recruitment) which aims at developing the first Macedonian Web-based platform dedicated to the definition of an efficient networking of employment and training operators