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Full Length Research Paper
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A mobile-based
knowledge management system for “Ifa”: An African
traditional oracle
Olusegun Folorunso*,
Adio T. Akinwale, Rebecca O. Vincent and Babatunde Olabenjo
Department
of Computer Science, University of Agriculture, P. M. B.
2240, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
folorunsolusegun@yahoo.com.
Accepted 26 May, 2010 |
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Abstract |
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Recently, the
use
of mobile applications in
knowledge management systems has been a major
discussion in some literatures.
In the past,
the author’s conceptualized and
designs a knowledge management system for “Ifa”. In this paper,
a mobile application is
designed which applies mobile knowledge management (mKM) to the
“ifa” oracle consultation process implemented
with the Netbeans 6.7.1 JavaME IDE and is compatible with MIDP
2.0 and CLDC 1.1 mobile devices. However,
we address the
potential suitability of mKM as a prototype model for mobile,
quick information retrieval in the “ifa” oracle consultation
process. This approach promotes the use of mobile technology and
mobile knowledge management in African tradition.
Key words:
Mobile knowledge management, “ifa”, African tradition, expert
system, Nigeria. |
