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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. 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"/>
* [[Virtual enterprise]] (VE)
* Virtual Organization (VO)
* Dynamic Virtual Organization
* Extended Enterprise
* VO Breeding environment (VBE)
* Professional virtual community (PVC)
* Business Ecosystem
* [[Virtual manufacturing network]]
* [[Decentralized Autonomous Organization]] (DAO)

== 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. An example of reference model is '''ARCON''' (A Reference model for COllaborative Networks).<ref>{{Cite journal |author= Luis M. Camarinha-Matos |author2= Hamideh Afsarmanesh |name-list-style= amp |title= A Comprehensive Modeling Framework for Collaborative Networked Organizations |journal= Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing |volume= 18 |issue= 5 |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>
An annual conference focused on Collaborative Networks is the Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (''''''PRO-VE'''''').<ref>{{Cite web |title= IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises |url= http://www.pro-ve.org  |accessdate= January 1, 2012 }}</ref> sponsored by the [[International Federation for Information Processing]] (IFIP) and [[Society of Collaborative Networks]] (SOCOLNET).

==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.

== See also ==
* {{annotated link|Innovation}} - {{annotated link|Knowledge engineering}} - {{annotated link|Knowledge management}} - {{annotated link|Semantic web}}
* {{annotated link|Collective intelligence}} - {{annotated link|Polytely}}
* {{annotated link|Global Information Grid}}
* {{annotated link|Open Innovation}}

== Notes ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130927215318/http://www.karmeup.com/ "KarmeUp - Free Collaborative Network"] 
*[http://ostatic.com/blog/the-future-of-collaborative-networks "The Future of Collaborative Networks"] by [[Aaron Roe Fulkerson]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140624021507/http://www.seekomega.com/2009/06/how-collaborative-networks-will-replace-social-networks-in-the-enterprise/ "How Collaborative Networks will Replace Social Networks"] by [[Mark Fidelman]]
*[http://www.workcollaboration.com/blog-article.aspx?id=66002 "Collaborative Enterprise Network"] by [[D. Corkill]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100702135630/http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/06/the-new-mindtouch-collaborative-intranet-way-more.php "New Collaborative Networks more than Just a Wiki"] Read Write Web

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