A good example for illustrating web-based  knowledge work
as described above is the organisation of EU-projects. The European
Union supports cross-country and cross-organizational research projects
in order to further the europe-wide exchange of know-how and the
development of professional relationships in the European research
community.
Without the Internet, the realization of such projects is hardly
imaginable. The usage of internet platforms is already considered
during the application process. Sometimes they are even used for
composing the project application.
The advantage of internet platforms is that they combine three basic functionalities:
- central information pool (knowledge pool)
- communication infrastructure (communication)
- representative website for dissemination (website)
This way, it is possible to document, edit and link all project related information.
fig. 3: illustration of the three functionalities of an internet plattform
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