SKYbrary is a wiki created by the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, International Civil Aviation Organization, and the Flight Safety Foundation to create a comprehensive source of aviation safety information freely available online. It was launched in May 2008 on a platform based on MediaWiki. The Flight Safety Foundation (a founding member) defines SKYbrary's goal as: capturing authoritative aviation industry information and create cumulative knowledge, especially with regard to critical safety issues. HindSight Magazine related to SKYbrary received the Cecil A. Brownlow Publication Award in 2009 at the FSF International Air Safety Seminar (IASS).
SKYbrary's way of working
SKYbrary is driven by a risk based knowledge management approach, meaning: Information must be in the right place at the right time. Managing knowledge helps ensure that organizations have appropriate capabilities in place (linking ability to innovate and capacity planning). Effective management of knowledge helps organizations share best practice more effectively, avoiding duplication of effort, whatever the daily operational constraints.
SKYbrary's Management and Quality Assurance process is described in detail on Skybrary Content Management.
SKYbrary uses the Semantic MediaWiki extension to annotate semantic data within articles.
SKYbrary structure
The SKYbrary front page gives visitors access to aviation safety knowledge via three portals. Each portal then contains numerous categories of articles chosen because of their relevance to aviation safety professionals. Current categories in use:
Operational Issues
Air Ground Communication
Airspace Infringement
Bird Strike
Controlled Flight Into Terrain
Fire
Ground Operations
Human Factors
Level Bust
Loss of Control
Loss of Separation
Runway Excursion
Runway Incursion
Wake Vortex Turbulence
Weather
General
Enhancing Safety
Airworthiness
Flight Technical
Safety Management
Safety Nets
Theory of Flight
General
Safety Regulations
Certification
ESARRs
Licensing
Regulation
General
Miscellaneous
Author's Articles
Accident and Serious Incident Reports
Help
References
External links
SKYbrary website
EUROCONTROL, ICAO Flight Safety Foundation. DNV (Det Norske Veritas) about the Safety Imperative Air Transport News SKYbrary a safety wiki SKYway spring 2008 Le Knowledge management, ou mémoire collective de l'entreprise
