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A collaborative network is a network consisting of a variety of entities (e.g. organizations and people) that are largely autonomous, geographically distributed, and heterogeneous in terms of their operating environment, culture, social capital and goals, but that collaborate to better achieve common or compatible goals, and whose interactions are supported by computer networks. The discipline of collaborative networks focuses on the structure, behavior, and evolving dynamics of networks of autonomous entities that collaborate to better achieve common or compatible goals.L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, The emerging discipline of collaborative networks, J. Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 16, Nº 4-5, pp 439-452, 2005. There are several manifestations of collaborative networks, e.g.: *
Virtual enterprise A virtual enterprise (VE) is a temporary alliance of businesses that come together to share skills or core competencies and resources in order to better respond to business opportunities, and whose cooperation is supported by computer networks. ...
(VE) * Virtual Organization (VO) * Dynamic Virtual Organization * Extended Enterprise * VO Breeding environment (VBE) * Professional virtual community (PVC) * Business Ecosystem * Virtual manufacturing network * Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)


Applications


Elements

The seven essential elements of collaborative networks: * Search: Allowing users to search for experts, data or content * Employee Driven: Approved users can add and share content in wiki fashion with low barriers to authorship * Data integration: Must allow enterprise data to be integrated into the system * Dashboards and Monitoring: Measure success, adoption, projects through dashboards and monitoring tools * User Follow: Ability to follow users and their content in the collaborative network * Content integration: Connects and links content dynamically * Governance: Controlled access to content and data


Reference models

A reference model for collaborative networks is a fundamental instrument for the smooth development of the area. An example of reference model is ARCON (A Reference model for COllaborative Networks). An annual conference focused on Collaborative Networks is the Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (PRO-VE). sponsored by the
International Federation for Information Processing The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a global organisation for researchers and professionals working in the field of computing to conduct research, develop standards and promote information sharing. Established in 196 ...
(IFIP) and Society of Collaborative Networks (SOCOLNET).


Challenges

If collaborative networks evolve and become increasingly popular with corporations and their extended networks, governance and security issues will need to be addressed. Of particular relevance is the study of behavioral aspects and reference models for collaborative networks.


See also

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Innovation Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a new or changed entit ...
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Knowledge engineering Knowledge engineering (KE) refers to all technical, scientific and social aspects involved in building, maintaining and using knowledge-based systems. Background Expert systems One of the first examples of an expert system was MYCIN, an appli ...
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Knowledge management Knowledge management (KM) is the collection of methods relating to creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information of an organization. It refers to a multidisciplinary approach to achieve organisational objectives by making ...
- Semantic web * Collective intelligence -
Polytely __NOTOC__ Polytely (from Greek roots ''poly-'' and ''-tel-'' meaning "many goals") comprises complex problem-solving situations characterized by the presence of multiple simultaneous goals.Funke 2001, p.72. These goals may be contradictory or othe ...
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Global Information Grid The Global Information Grid (GIG) is a network of information transmission and processing maintained by the United States Department of Defense. More descriptively, it is a worldwide network of information transmission, of associated processes, a ...
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Open Innovation Open innovation is a term used to promote an information age mindset toward innovation that runs counter to the secrecy and silo mentality of traditional corporate research labs. The benefits and driving forces behind increased openness have bee ...


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External links


"KarmeUp - Free Collaborative Network"

"The Future of Collaborative Networks"
by Aaron Roe Fulkerson
"How Collaborative Networks will Replace Social Networks"
by Mark Fidelman
"Collaborative Enterprise Network"
by D. Corkill
"New Collaborative Networks more than Just a Wiki"
Read Write Web Social networks