Anatomy of an Emerging Knowledge Network: The Zapnito Graph Vizualized
In this article, I take a high-level look Zapnito , a multi-tenant "Networked Knowledge" platform designed around small, expert communities. Zapnito is a knowledge sharing platform that allows organizations to create branded networks of experts. It's aimed at publishers, consultancies, media companies, and other corporations. Zapnito includes some social features (such as follow relationships, collaboration), but its focus is knowledge sharing rather than social networking. As the founder puts it: "Zapnito is a white label platform that offers knowledge network capabilities for publishers. We provide both highly private and open networks, and we own neither publisher content or associated data - both of these are retained by publishers." The aim of this article is to show some of the interesting insights that can be gained from basic Social Network Analysis (SNA) of Zapnito. I'll be showing visualizations (such as that on the right) built from a...