Development of an ontology-based competence management system

The work of research institutes in the field o! engineering is characterized by a work-sharing fulfillment o! knowledge-intensive tasks. For the success of these institutes, it is of great importance that this knowledge is properly networked. In order to improve this and to develop the competences of institutes a competence management system is created that comprehends all competences available, makes them plausible, facilitates competence retrieval and supports a competence exchange. In this paper we propose an approach for capturing, structuring and visualizing competences. This approach can be used for both research facilities and companies in general. Moreover, we show how the competence data is integrated into an ontology-based competence management system. This also includes the connection between the ontology in the backend and the graphical user interface, being created in SharePoint.