<s>
E-professional	B-Protocol
or	O
"	O
eprofessional	B-Protocol
"	O
or	O
even	O
"	O
eProfessional	B-Protocol
"	O
is	O
a	O
term	O
used	O
in	O
Europe	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
professional	O
whose	O
work	O
relies	O
on	O
concepts	O
of	O
remote	O
work	O
:	O
working	O
at	O
a	O
distance	O
using	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
and	O
communications	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
online	O
collaboration	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
virtual	O
team	O
,	O
mass	O
collaboration	O
,	O
massively	O
distributed	O
collaboration	O
,	O
online	O
community	O
of	O
practice	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
community	O
,	O
and	O
open	O
innovation	O
principles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
e-professional	B-Protocol
,	O
strongly	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
remote	O
work	O
,	O
extends	O
the	O
traditional	O
concept	O
of	O
professional	O
in	O
including	O
any	O
type	O
of	O
expert	O
or	O
knowledge	O
worker	O
intensively	O
using	O
ICT	B-General_Concept
(	O
Information	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
Communications	I-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
)	O
environments	O
and	O
tools	O
in	O
their	O
working	O
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
eprofessional	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
community	O
of	O
practice	O
which	O
confers	O
him	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
professional	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
either	O
a	O
freelancer	O
or	O
an	O
employed	O
worker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
e-professional	B-Protocol
is	O
not	O
working	O
in	O
isolation	O
but	O
actively	O
collaborating	O
with	O
other	O
e-professionals	B-Protocol
within	O
virtual	O
workspaces	O
called	O
collaborative	B-Protocol
working	I-Protocol
environments	I-Protocol
(	O
CWE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
