A Product Knowledge-Sharing System Focusing on Internet-mediated Mode

This research constructs a design-oriented, Internet-mediated, and knowledge-sharing architecture. Therein XML files serve as the basic exchange and storage format of knowledge texts in the transaction-matching process. All sorts of product information needed by the users of the system platform, including various concepts and related features which involve such different fields as the design, production, and marketing of the product, are integrated into the programmed process of an Internet-mediated transaction (IMT). With the help of the Internet, the information can be rapidly delivered to each interested user and be used repetitively; moreover, the product knowledge as well as relevant experiences can be efficiently managed. The XML-based, design-oriented, Internet-mediated, and knowledge-sharing architecture not only accelerates the exchange of product knowledge and information but enables the users to manage, apply, and share their knowledge on this knowledge management platform. Finally, the users are enabled to acquire the needed information and knowledge and thus upgrade their capabilities.