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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. ^[1] ^[2]. There are several manifestations of collaborative networks, e.g. ^[1] :

Virtual enterprise (VE) - a temporary alliance of enterprises 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.
Virtual Organization (VO) - a concept similar to a virtual enterprise, comprising a set of (legally) independent organizations that share resources and skills to achieve its mission / goal, but that is not limited to an alliance of for profit enterprises. A virtual enterprise is therefore, a particular case of virtual organization.
Dynamic Virtual Organization - typically refers to a VO that is established in a short time to respond to a competitive market opportunity, and has a short life cycle, dissolving when the short-term purpose of the VO is accomplished.
Extended Enterprise - a concept typically applied to an organization in which a dominant enterprise "extends" its boundaries to all or some of its suppliers. An extended enterprise can be seen as a particular case of a virtual enterprise.
VO Breeding environment (VBE) - represents an association (also known as cluster) or pool of organizations and their related supporting institutions that have both the potential and the will to cooperate with each other through the establishment of a "base" long-term cooperation agreement and interoperable infrastructure. When a business opportunity is identified by one member (acting as a broker), a subset of these organizations can be selected and thus forming a VE/VO.
Professional virtual community (PVC) - represents the combination of the concepts of virtual community and professional community. Virtual communities are defined as social systems of networks of individuals, who use computer technologies to mediate their relationships. Professional communities provide environments for professionals to share the body of knowledge of their professions such as similar working cultures, problem perceptions, problem-solving techniques, professional values, and behavior.

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. A first reference model is ARCON ^[3] ^[4].

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.

Notes

^ ^a ^b L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, The emerging discipline of collaborative networks, J. Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 16, Nº 4-5, pp 439-452, 2005. Cite error: The named reference "JIM01" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling, Springer 2008.
^ "A Comprehensive Modeling Framework for Collaborative Networked Organizations". Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 18: 529–542. July 2007. doi:10.1007/s10845-007-0063-3. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
^ L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh (2008). Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling. Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-79425-9.

External links

[JIM01-1] L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, The emerging discipline of collaborative networks, J. Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 16, Nº 4-5, pp 439-452, 2005. Cite error: The named reference "JIM01" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[2] L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling, Springer 2008.

[3] "A Comprehensive Modeling Framework for Collaborative Networked Organizations". Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 18: 529–542. July 2007. doi:10.1007/s10845-007-0063-3. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[4] L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh (2008). Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling. Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-79425-9.

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 Note: This page needs to be fully re-edited. The contents are not accurate and even the first references to Collaborative Networks are not the mentioned ones. The term was coined much earlier and in a different context (namely in a paper published in Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing in 2005 <ref name="JIM01"> L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, The emerging discipline of collaborative networks,  J. Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 16, Nº 4-5, pp 439-452, 2005.</ref> or the PRO-VE'04 conference <ref name="JIM02"> L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, Collaborative networks: A new scientific discipline,  Virtual Enterprises and Collaborative Networks, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 1-4020-8138-3, pp 3-16, 23-26 Aug 2004.</ref> ).
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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 <ref name="JIM01"> L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, The emerging discipline of collaborative networks,  J. Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 16, Nº 4-5, pp 439-452, 2005.</ref> <ref> L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling, Springer 2008.</ref>.
+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.  <ref name="JIM01"> L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, The emerging discipline of collaborative networks,  J. Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 16, Nº 4-5, pp 439-452, 2005.</ref> <ref> L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling, Springer 2008.</ref>.
 There are several manifestations of collaborative networks, e.g. <ref name="JIM01">L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, The emerging discipline of collaborative networks,  J. Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 16, Nº 4-5, pp 439-452, 2005.</ref> :
 * [[Virtual enterprise]] (VE) - a temporary alliance of enterprises 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.
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 * Governance: Controlled access to content and data
-=== Use cases ===
+== Reference models ==
+A reference model for collaborative networks is a fundamental instrument for the smooth development of the area. A first reference model is ARCON <ref>{{Cite journal |authors= Luis M. Camarinha-Matos  and Hamideh Afsarmanesh |title= A Comprehensive Modeling Framework for Collaborative Networked Organizations |journal= Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing |volume= 18 |date= July 2007 |pages= 529–542 |doi= 10.1007/s10845-007-0063-3 }}</ref> <ref> L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh (2008). Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling. Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-79425-9.</ref>.
-[[Microblogging]], wikis, forums are stand-alone solutions.  They are mainly used to communicate 'one to one' or 'one to many' in an unstructured format. They are not dynamically connecting to give a 360 picture of the issues or project the enterprise is attempting to solve.
-With Collaborative Networks, corporations can use data [[Mashup (digital)|mashups]] to get a better picture of a business objective (a metric driven approach).  Select team members to dynamically connect and [[collaborate]] around the data.  Then solve business issues efficiently since all of the data, teams and content are in one location.
 ==Challenges==