Knowledge sharing within a large entity such as
government organizations, is critical to successful e-government
implementations. Semantic technologies offer promise in this
regard, however, many studies in the past have suggested that the
semantic technologies for knowledge sharing suffer from
potential weaknesses such as dynamicity, scalability, flexibility
and offer limited options for specific business applications. In
most cases the need for knowledge integration in business
interactions in government systems are overlooked or loosely
addressed due to rapidly changing situations and complex
business networking. Significant challenges remain in developing
e-government solution that can address the need for growing
knowledge integration and sharing to enhance business
interactions. This paper outlines a knowledge sharing framework
to solve these issues with respect to citizen’s participation in e-
government system, by encouraging user driven activities
through the use of emerging technology and ontology based
design.