This document discusses knowledge management and related technologies. It covers several topics:
1. It discusses various technologies associated with knowledge management, including internet, intranets, data warehousing, data mining, AI, expert systems, and more.
2. It identifies key technological drivers of knowledge management, such as intranets/extranets, object technologies, data integration standards, and software platform competition.
3. It describes the traits of effective knowledge management tools, including context sensitivity, user sensitivity, flexibility, heuristic task alignment, and suggestive interaction.
4. It distinguishes between information and knowledge, noting that knowledge involves experience, intuition, and wisdom, while information is what is contained in reference