The reconcilability of ontology mediation allows the participating organizations to reuse interorganizational knowledge within the network even if there are fundamental differences among organizations in terms of KMS structures and formats. Under mutual agreement, organizations are permitted to retrieve inter-organization knowledge and the retrieved knowledge can be reused to support the five stages of KM process. Conventionally, technology has very limited
contribution in knowledge creating stage especially in socialization, externalization and internalization where tacit knowledge is involved. For example, word processing tools can be used to record and visualise explicit knowledge in externalization and internalization, whereas communication tools such as email and telephone provide platforms for exchanging explicit knowledge in socialization.