A reference architecture for mobile knowledge management

Although mobile knowledge management (mKM) is being perceived as an emerging R&D field, its concepts and approaches are not well-established, as compared to the general field of Knowledge Management (KM). In this paper, we try to establish a definition for mKM. Taking into account building blocks of KM in enterprises and the abstract use cases of mKM systems, we introduce a reference architecture for mKM systems as a basis for verifying and comparing concepts and system architectures. Finally, we address the potential suitability of mKM as a prototype model for mobile, situation-aware information processing in the field of Ambient Intelligence Environments.