Abstract: Inter-Networked Knowledge Services (INKS) is a software platform designed to deliver IT services with expert functions and data access spanning many computing environments. INKS is a 4-tier architecture delivering remote applications to a lightweight client, bringing disparate systems together within and between diverse organizations. Through web services, INKS enables these systems to interoperate smoothly. Instead of procuring software and its requisite platforms, each party contracts for process functionality and data services.