The NASA/Florida Minority Institution Entrepreneurial
Partnership (FMIEP) Grant is funding the development
of the Searchable Answer Generated Environment
(SAGE) which is in the category of People-Finder KMS
[Bec99B]. The purpose of this KM System is to create a
repository of experts in the State of Florida (FL) State
University System (SUS). Currently, each State
University in Florida keeps a database of funded
research, but these databases are disparate and dissimilar.
The SAGE KM System creates a single repository by
incorporating a distributed database scheme, which can
be searched by a variety of fields, including research
topic, investigator name, funding agency or university.
As NASA-KSC looks to develop new technologies
necessary for the continuation of their space exploration
missions, their need to partner with Florida SUS experts
becomes evident.