CONTACTS
0201 - Bootstrap Institute
020101 - Mr. Douglas C. Engelbart, Ph.D.
SUBJECTS
Bootstrap, SRI, 000324
Colloquium Unfinished Revolution, 000106
0504 -
0504 - ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Follow up ref SDS 40 0000, ref SDS 39 0000.
050602 -
050603 - Project launch meeting at SRI today introduced the team. ref SDS 0
050604 - 2079 Meetings at SRI will be on Wednesdays [changed to Thursdays] at
050605 - 4p. Several members related investment money is looking for projects
050606 - to develop Knowledge Management and Enterprise Management projects,
050607 - which can be accomplished by realizing Doug's goal for technology to
050608 - "augment intellignece." ref SDS 0 4877 Legal issues are being
050609 - reviewed by SRI for sponsoring open source effort. ref SDS 0 3055
050610 - Doug explained planning for a "Dynamic Knowledge Repository" (DKR).
050611 - ref SDS 0 2808 Discussed challenge to define "knowledge" that
050612 - advances traditional "information management," i.e., going beyond
050613 - email and file folders. How can tools connect cause and effect to
050614 - apply the power of knowledge in time to be effective? ref SDS 0 0140
050615 - The team reviewed alternatives for project deliverables. Doug
050616 - proposed initially creating an OHS editor to improve software
050617 - programming. ref SDS 0 5880 He wants a plan to support funding
050618 - efforts. ref SDS 0 7030 Eugene Kim will head a task group to develop
050619 - project plans for review at meeting next Wednesday. ref SDS 0 6036
050620 -
050621 - [On 000325 submitted 1st draft for feedback. ref SDS 42 0001
050623 - ..
050624 - [On 000326 Lee Iverson proposes changing meeting day to Thursdays.
050625 - ref SDS 43 0001 Doug accepted this. ref SDS 43 4972
050627 - ..
050628 - [On 000326 Doug requests record for 000324. ref SDS 43 7280
050630 - ..
050631 - [On 000327 received edits from Doug. ref SDS 45 0853
050633 - ..
050634 - [On 000327 received comments from Joe Williams. ref SDS 45 8955
050636 - ..
050637 - [On 000327 submitted corrected record to Doug. ref SDS 45 4741
050639 - ..
050640 - [On 000329 Eugene Kim submitted corrections. ref SDS 47 0001
050641 -
050642 -
050643 -
050644 -
050645 -
050646 -
050647 -
0507 -
SUBJECTS
Armstrong, Eric; Engelbart, Doug; Deneen, John
Hoffman, Marcello; Stringer, Warren; Park, Jack
Kaehler, Ted; Kim, Eugene; Iverson, Lee
Williams, Joe; Welch, Rod; Gust, Philip
Cheyer, Adam
1807 -
1808 - Discussion
180901 - ..
180902 - Introductions - Diverse Skills Focused on DKR Project
180903 -
180904 - Doug used his IBM Thinkpad computer to display a Powerpoint agenda for
180905 - the meeting.
180907 - ..
180908 - About 13 or so people attended the meeting today. Each person
180909 - presented a brief bio, explaining related work history and interest in
180910 - Doug's project.
180912 - ..
180913 - Eric Armstrong
180914 -
180915 - Programming and writing professionally on artificial intelligence
180916 - (AI), system libraries, real-time, and business applications. On
180917 - contract for Sun's Java software, a contributor to JavaWorld.
180918 - Wrote The JBuilder2 Bible and authored Java/XML programming
180919 - tutorial at...
180921 - ..
180922 - http://www.java.sun.com/xml
180924 - ..
180925 - Eric offered a passionate support for Doug's goal to improve
180926 - competency, by developing knowledge tools, as set out in a letter
180927 - to the Colloquium, reported on 000213. ref SDS 29 0638
180928 -
180930 - ..
180931 - Adam Cheyer
180932 -
180933 - Director of Advanced Products and Research at VerticalNet, Inc.
180934 - Previously, worked in SRI Artificial Intelligence Center. Chief
180935 - architect of Open Agent Architecture (OAA), for integrating
180936 - software agents in a distributed environment. Has written widely,
180937 - and founded SRI's Computer Human Interaction Center (CHIC!),
180938 - multidiscipline research on advanced user interfaces, which is
180939 - part of the objective for Doug's DKR project.
180941 - ..
180942 - John Deneen
180943 -
180944 - Worked in Bechtal's nuclear engineering program; later with
180945 - Lawrence Livermore Labs using advanced KM systems. Currently
180946 - launching a new business in communications to provide broadband
180947 - wireless service that is very accurate within a few miles.
180949 - ..
180950 - Doug Engelbart
180951 -
180952 - Doug's record is shown in the BI website...
180953 -
180954 -
180955 - http://www.bootstrap.org/dce-bio.htm
180957 - ..
180958 - Philip Gust
180959 -
180960 - President and founder of Nuvo Systems, which makes Nuvo Alliance.
180961 - Philip previously ran the Hewlett-Packard Collaborative
180962 - Laboratory. Philip indicated interest in developing synergy
180963 - between his product and Doug's objectives.
180964 -
180966 - ..
180967 - Lee Iverson
180968 -
180969 - Working on DKR type efforts at SRI in area of Artificial
180970 - Intelligence. Provides liaison for Doug's project with SRI.
180972 - ..
180973 - Ted Kaehler
180974 -
180975 - Working on fascinating DKR related efforts at Disney. One of
180976 - Ted's projects is Squeak, a Smalltalk derivative.
180978 - ..
180979 - Eugene Kim
180980 -
180981 - Writes, programs, and consults freelance, e.g., Linux Magazine,
180982 - Web Techniques, Scientific American; moderates UNIX topic on Dr.
180983 - Dobb's Journal web site. Previously, Senior Technical Editor at
180984 - Dr. Dobb's Journal for software developers. Currently writing a
180985 - book due out this year on the history of free software entitled...
180986 -
180988 - ..
180989 - Software, Money, and Liberty:
180990 - How Source Code Became Free
180991 -
180993 - ..
180994 - Eugene has developed DKR tools for his work which provides
180995 - experience for planning Doug's project, per below. ref SDS 0 6036
180996 - On 000302 Eugene offered the view of language is a tool system,
180997 - rather than an innate "human" system. ref SDS 32 8975
180998 -
180999 - [On 000504 Eugene explains his DKR system. ref SDS 69 0001
181001 - ..
181002 - [On 000504 Eugene explains OHS/DKR support for free lance
181003 - writing. ref SDS 69 2063
181005 - ..
181006 - Jack Park
181007 -
181008 - Developed a powerful DKR capability for medical or biological
181009 - research work. Jack explained his work on the...
181010 -
181011 - Scholar's Companion
181012 -
181013 - ...which has an XML editor called DocBook, as shown in the record
181014 - on 000131. ref SDS 24 1224
181015 -
181016 - [On 000331 Jack proposes XML for Knowledge Management to
181017 - support representational issues. ref SDS 49 TT40
181019 - ..
181020 - Warren Stringer
181021 -
181022 - Working on a project with innovative advances that sound graphical
181023 - based, which can support DKR. Warren is attending an event at
181024 - Stanford on related development effort. His website is...
181025 -
181027 - ..
181028 - http://muse.com/
181029 -
181031 - ..
181032 - Joe Williams
181033 -
181034 - Related 25 year experience with a major firm on DKR type matters.
181035 - He is now focusing on independent web based publishing, which can
181036 - contribute to DKR requirements, and benefit from an effective new
181037 - capability.
181038 -
181040 - ..
181041 - Shinya Yamada
181042 -
181043 - Visiting from Japan, and heading home today. Doug expressed
181044 - appreciation for assistance in furthering BI, and mentioned that
181045 - Shinya's father supports BI in Japan.
181047 - ..
181048 - Su-Ling Yee
181049 -
181050 - Studied in New Zeland. She has worked in Germany and Tokyo on
181051 - technology projects. Supporting BI management along with Mary
181052 - Coppernoll.
181054 - ..
181055 - Rod Welch
181056 -
181057 - Experience in contracting and law provide ideas to improve
181058 - management. Telecon with Doug on 991222, ref SDS 20 3977, and
181059 - Doug's paper on Groupware show common objective to augment human
181060 - capabilities, ref SDS 20 5360, cited in POIMS. ref OF 1 0001
181061 -
181062 -
181063 -
181064 -
1811 -
SUBJECTS
Meetings Planning
Remote Participation in Progress Meetings, Collaboration
2204 -
220501 - ..
220502 - Meeting once-a week on Thursday's 1600
220503 -
220504 - This begins efforts to solve world problems cited in the Colloquium on
220505 - 000120 suggesting a team be assembled. ref SDS 21 2808
220506 -
220507 - Doug surveyed attendees for the best date and time for meeting.
220509 - ..
220510 - Thursdays at 1600 were initially considered, before settling on a
220511 - schedule of regular meetings for Wednesday at 1600.
220513 - ..
220514 - Warren Stringer had a partial conflict with Thursdays, so Wedensday
220515 - was adopted.
220516 - ..
220517 - Lee Iverson will coordinate with SRI for facilities.
220518 -
220519 - [On 000326 Lee submitted a letter to Doug, with copy to team
220520 - members indicating Thursday is better for him. ref SDS 43 0001
220521 -
220522 - [On 000326 Doug adopted Lee's request and moved the meetings to
220523 - Thursdays. ref SDS 43 4972
220524 -
220526 - ..
220527 - Collaborating with Remote Project Staff, Contributors
220528 -
220529 - Doug's letter on 000320 set an objective to include people who
220530 - cannot attend meetings. ref DRP 5 1505
220531 -
220532 - At the beginning of the meeting, there was consideration of
220533 - calling Tanya Jones, so she could listen and contribute via
220534 - speaker phone. Tanya was not available by phone, so this was not
220535 - done, however, the need for, and advantage of, full participation
220536 - requires directed effort.
220538 - ..
220539 - Consideration might be given to the challenge of effective remote
220540 - participation in meetings. Efforts to use video conferencing and
220541 - speaker phones generally do not work well.
220542 -
220543 - [On 000608 video and audio broadcasting discussed.
220544 - ref SDS 77 5094
220546 - ..
220547 - Alternatively, all contributors will get the record of meetings,
220548 - which provides a basis to prepare questions and input for the
220549 - next meeting. Remote people can call people who attend meetings,
220550 - and review their input at length. They can submit written issues
220551 - and analysis which will be incorporated into the record of the
220552 - next meeting, and/or appended to the prior record. Attendees can
220553 - then represent the views of remote people constructively.
220555 - ..
220556 - This gets everyone involved, while enabling dynamics of meeting
220557 - to flow uninterrupted, rather than trying to accommodate
220558 - real-time remote input.
220559 -
220560 - [On 000326 Doug Engelbart wants effective record of project.
220561 - ref SDS 43 5972
220563 - ..
220564 - [On 000516 Eugene sets objective to produce useful record of
220565 - project meetings at SRI. ref SDS 74 3740
220567 - ..
220568 - [On 000615 Eugene confirms all project team members can
220569 - submit comments on the record and suggestions for meeting
220570 - issues. ref SDS 78 4455
220571 -
220572 -
220573 -
220574 -
220575 -
220576 -
2206 -
SUBJECTS
Sponsor/Stakeholder Planning Don't Reinvent Wheel KM Projects All Faili
Killer Application Other DKR Projects Trying to Create OHS
Market Potential KM Projects Have All Failed, Need Ideas
Knowledge Management KM Projects All Failed Need Ideas from OHS/DKR
4806 -
480701 - ..
480702 - Augment Intelligence Leverages Human Capacity Knowledge Management
480703 - Search for "Killer App" Focuses on Knowledge/Enterprise Management
480704 - Sponsors Looking for Projects in Knowledge Management Arena
480705 -
480706 - Lee Iverson reported SRI research on industry efforts to advance
480707 - beyond information technology (IT), discussed in the popular press as
480708 - "Knowledge Management" (KM). This goal to electronically connect
480709 - people through computer networks for faster access to information,
480710 - rather than use the mail, and searching through filing cabinets, desk
480711 - drawers, folders, etc., was generally set by Vannevar Bush in a 1945
480712 - article, "As we may think," reviewed on 960304. ref SDS 8 L47F Doug
480713 - advanced the Bush vision in a 1962 proposal, reviewed on 991222,
480714 - ref SDS 20 7H5H, which led to considerable progress during the 1960s,
480715 - Doug's famous demonstration in 1969 showed computer networks could
480716 - support remote collaboration. ref SDS 20 UN3J Doug's 1992 article
480717 - proposed a Knowledge Repository to augment intelligence that enabled
480718 - an ABC continual improvment process of bootstrapping, also reviewed on
480719 - 991222. ref SDS 20 9167 As well, Bill Gates and Larry Ellison
480720 - proposed during a professional event in Paris that computers should do
480721 - more to help people think, remember, and communicate, reported on
480722 - 970222. ref SDS 10 8529
480724 - ..
480725 - Lee reported today that many organizations have set up Knowledge
480726 - Management projects and attracted significant funding to create tools
480727 - and systems that implement the vision set by Bush, Engelbart, Gates,
480728 - Ellison, et al., but, are now looking for help. Progress on the grand
480729 - "vision," has proven more difficult than people expected. Engineers
480730 - are now asking "What are we trying to accomplish?" An example was
480731 - reported on 000120. ref SDS 21 3002 The SRI team has been trying to
480732 - define "knowledge" in a way that technology can meaningfully advance
480733 - existing information management tools, set out also on 000120.
480734 - ref SDS 21 2546
480735 -
480736 - [On 011025 Doug Engelbart Launch Plan explains purpose of
480737 - OHS/DKR technology augments intelligence to aids collaboration
480738 - with collective IQ that implemnts ABC continual improvement to
480739 - solve world problems. ref SDS 87 Y892
480740 -
480742 - ..
480743 - Wheel Don't Reinvent Use Knowledge Management Tools for OHS/DKR
480744 -
480745 - Lee explained SRI research indicates work on OHS/DKR should not
480746 - "reinvent the wheel," but should leverage evolutionary momentum from
480747 - existing KM tools and projects, noted again below discussing sponsor
480748 - partnerships. ref SDS 0 7030 Lee explained exciting progress reported
480749 - at IBM, Microsoft, Boeing, SRI, Oracle, and other technology experts
480750 - finding through searching on the Internet tools and code already
480751 - developed that can be "hacked" and combined to implement requirements
480752 - for Knowledge Management capability envisioned for OHS/DKR.
480753 -
480754 - [On 000503 Zope, Squishdot, Squeak, Smalltalk, and Gnutella email
480755 - technologies proposed to avoid "reinventing the wheel" of
480756 - Knowledge Management for the OHS/DKR program. ref SDS 68 3465
480758 - ..
480759 - [On 000504 SRI cites several existing technologies to "hack" into
480760 - Knowledge Management OHS/DKR tools. ref SDS 70 5922
480762 - ..
480763 - [On 000601 Marcello Hoffman recommended focusing on technology
480764 - that works and avoiding high-tech tourism. ref SDS 76 1007
480766 - ..
480767 - [On 001116 Jack Park letter to OHS/DKR team meeting at SRI
480768 - reports SDS records on the Internet demonstrate amazing ability
480769 - to accomplish Knowledge Management that validates claims in
480770 - POIMS. ref SDS 88 953G
480772 - ..
480773 - Doug's core concept for software engineers to co-evolve technology
480774 - that leverages intelligence in order to improve their work was
480775 - reviewed on 991222. ref SDS 20 KL6N This highly potential process has
480776 - proven difficult to implement on a broad scale, reviewed on 991222.
480777 - ref SDS 20 MF4N
480778 -
480779 - [...below, the record of failure on other projects shows that KM
480780 - is a very complex assignment that requires funding, leadership and
480781 - strong management in order to succeed. ref SDS 0 7074
480783 - ..
480784 - On 950710 Tom Landauer, former head of Bell Labs, laid out in a book,
480785 - "The Trouble with Computers," why it is difficult to design and deploy
480786 - computers that are useful for knowledge work. ref SDS 6 1222 He says
480787 - it is difficult to design computers that help people think better,
480788 - ref SDS 6 3387, which is necessary in order to improve management and
480789 - earnings. Managers make decisions, and that requires better thinking.
480791 - ..
480792 - An example is IBM's purchase of Lotus Notes for $3.5B hoping this
480793 - technology could be refined to improve daily management, as presented
480794 - on 941114. ref SDS 4 5380 On 970617 Bill Gates forecast, in an
480795 - interview published by Fortuen magazine, that Lotus Notes would not be
480796 - a "killer application" for IBM, ref SDS 11 7493, which aligns with
480797 - Lee's report today.
480798 -
480799 - [On 000330 Marcello Hoffman reported SRI's research shows Doug
480800 - Engelbart's work over the past 40 years is the only example of KM
480801 - work product SRI has found. ref SDS 48 0713 and ref SDS 48 2627
480803 - ..
480804 - [On 000406 Adam Cheyer cited SDS as a KM project that has
480805 - succeeded. ref SDS 54 6923
480807 - ..
480808 - [On 000420 Eric Armstrong lists similar projects. ref SDS 59 4877
480810 - ..
480811 - [On 000420 CRIT team developed KM, but uses email, because CRIT
480812 - is not fast and easy. ref SDS 60 4911
480814 - ..
480815 - [On 000420 SRI "seed" team proposes using tools from another
480816 - project to improve email and provide ideas for building Doug's
480817 - DKR system. ref SDS 60 2160
480819 - ..
480820 - [On 000503 "knowledge" not understood. ref SDS 68 5033
480822 - ..
480823 - [On 000504 NSF denied funding for Doug's project that failed to
480824 - define "knowledge." ref SDS 70 4C4F
480826 - ..
480827 - [On 000601 Marcello Hoffman recommended focusing on technology
480828 - that works and avoiding high-tech tourism. ref SDS 76 1007
480830 - ..
480831 - [On 000615 project defers work on DKR because knowledge
480832 - management is not well enough understood. ref SDS 78 6271
480834 - ..
480835 - [On 000928 team has not understood OHS/DKR deliverables.
480836 - ref SDS 82 X57F
480838 - ..
480839 - [On 001012 contributors to OHS and DKR project are anxious to get
480840 - started, even if in the wrong direction. ref SDS 84 B4P2
480842 - ..
480843 - [On 001116 contributors notice SDS accomplishes OHS/DKR
480844 - objecitves. ref SDS 88 0001
480846 - ..
480847 - [On 001121 offer sell SDS to meet demand for OHS/DKR objectives.
480848 - ref SDS 89 0001
480850 - ..
480851 - [On 001130 article reports Raven is Lotus Notes version of KM and
480852 - is failing. ref SDS 91 F26K
480854 - ..
480855 - [On 001130 Jack Park proposes adding "ontology" support to SDS,
480856 - because it does not exist anywhere else. ref SDS 92 0130
480858 - ..
480859 - [On 001221 concern reported about slow progress on DKR.
480860 - ref SDS 93 0159
480862 - ..
480863 - [On 010122 Curt Carlson asked about competition for SDS.
480864 - ref SDS 94 5P6L
480866 - ..
480867 - [On 010517 Pat Lincoln noted SDS supports KM. ref SDS 96 K85H
480869 - ..
480870 - [On 020608 Dave Snowden with IBM reports that KM 1st and 2nd
480871 - generation efforts have substantially failed. ref SDS 99 ZN6I
480873 - ..
480874 - [On 020610 John Maloney submits list of proven technologies for
480875 - Knowledge Management; SDS does not fit any functionality
480876 - described, and so complements what others are doing. ref SDS A0
480877 - 5P6J
480879 - ..
480880 - This sounds like people have sold sponsors, then discovered they
480881 - cannot produce, and so are looking for help.
480882 -
480883 - [On 000601 Marcello Hoffman, SRI's expert on KM reports need
480884 - to demonstrate ability to perform, and avoid high tech
480885 - tourism. ref SDS 76 1007
480887 - ..
480888 - Below, Warren Stringer cites need to provide something unique and
480889 - useful, and Joe Williams says it needs to be easy to understand and
480890 - use, in order to be commercially viable. ref SDS 0 2387
480892 - ..
480893 - On 950628 IBM invested $4B to get Lotus Notes thinking it was an easy
480894 - way to accomplish SDS support for Knowledge Management. This did not
480895 - work as well as hoped. ref SDS 5 9450
480897 - ..
480898 - On 980226 IBM's work on Business Intelligence shows efforts to develop
480899 - technology for Enterprise Management, have not worked well.
480900 - ref SDS 12 2716
480901 -
480902 - [On 000330 Marcello Hoffman advised no one has developed a
480903 - knowledge management solution. ref SDS 48 0713
480905 - ..
480906 - Doug wants to develop a project plan for submission through SRI or in
480907 - partnership with SRI, to prospective sources of funding.
480908 -
480909 - [...below, this is identified as critical task in schedule.
480910 - ref SDS 0 7482
480912 - ..
480913 - There was consideration that sponsors should be contacted about what
480914 - they want produced.
480915 -
480916 - Doug wants to formulate consortia pooling resources. End-user
480917 - orgs "investing" in improvements they want; adding to the
480918 - evolutionary momentum.
480920 - ..
480921 - Possibly a series of meetings could be arranged to both present
480922 - current team thinking, and to draw on views of participating
480923 - organizations to educate both sides toward a useful and a
480924 - marketable capability.
480926 - ..
480927 - Need team assignment to develop a plan for sponsor outreach and
480928 - input.
480930 - ..
480931 - [...below, this is identified as critical task in schedule.
480932 - ref SDS 0 7482
480934 - ..
480935 - Participating organizations, sponsors and finance raise issues of
480936 - property rights and participation that require careful review.
480937 - ref SDS 0 1450
480938 -
480939 - [On 000407 listed agenda issue for project meetings. ref SDS 55
480940 - 2975
480942 - ..
480943 - [On 000419 Doug proposes SRI for organizational platform, and
480944 - cites sponsor contacts at IBM, Sun, SPC. ref SDS 58 1540
480945 -
480946 -
480947 -
480948 -
4810 -
SUBJECTS
Property Rights in Knowledge Organization
Commercial Viability
Ownership Investment Risk
Development Investment Risk
5306 -
530701 - ..
530702 - Legal Issues Arising from Open Source
530703 -
530704 - Doug related discussions with SRI counsel and management on issues
530705 - that might arise from developing an Open Source capability. He feels
530706 - strongly the effort should be Open Source, per planning below.
530707 - ref SDS 0 7371
530708 -
530709 - [On 000327 reviewed issue with Doug. ref SDS 45 5402
530711 - ..
530712 - [On 000407 business license issues set as action item.
530713 - ref SDS 55 6973
530715 - ..
530716 - [On 000419 Doug proposes SRI as sponsor organization for project
530717 - management. ref SDS 58 1540
530719 - ..
530720 - Previously, on 000201 Peter Yim provided information on this issue.
530721 - ref SDS 25 1708
530723 - ..
530724 - On 000203 Paul Fernout reviewed for the Colloquium legal complexities
530725 - of Open Source projects. ref SDS 26 0001
530727 - ..
530728 - Paul initially notes he is not a lawyer, but comments...
530729 -
530730 - ... to use something contributed to the colloquium, in the
530731 - absence of any other license, you need permission from either
530732 - the contributor, Stanford, or the Bootstrap Institute. While
530733 - this state of affairs is probably adequate for the duration of
530734 - the colloquium, clearly it is too one-sided to persist for the
530735 - long term. If major contributions are to be made to the
530736 - OHS/DKR, then they will need to be made under a license that
530737 - gives a much wider audience some sort of permission to use the
530738 - contributions and redistribute them. ref DRP 2 0164
530739 -
530741 - ..
530742 - License issues need to be addressed up front, particularly to satisfy
530743 - prospective sponsors, and to development participation of people who
530744 - have expertise needed to perform the work. ref SDS 0 7371
530745 -
530746 - [On 000421 Eric submits initial language. ref SDS 61 3055
530748 - ..
530749 - [On 000422 Paul objects to initial language. ref SDS 63 3055
530750 -
530751 -
530752 -
5308 -
SUBJECTS
Ontology Organize Structure
OHS Open Hyperdocument System
WBI Transcoding, IBM, 000324
OHS XML Editing Capability
XML Editor for OHS to Generate DKR
WBI Transcoding Presented by Jim During Presentation for Colloquium a
DKR Scheme Based on Doug's Work at McDonald Douglas in 1970s
OHS/DKR Design Scheme Based on Doug's Work at McDonald Douglas in 197
6710 -
671101 - ..
671102 - DKR Project Objective to Augment Intelligence
671103 -
671104 - Follow up ref SDS 41 0400.
671105 -
671106 - Doug showed Powerpoint slides of designs for a "Dynamic Knowledge
671107 - Repository" (DKR), which he formulated while working with McDonald
671108 - Douglas in the early 70s. He feels implementing the DKR design will
671109 - create technology that "augments intelligence" to improve productivity
671110 - of knowledge work like management, communication, learning, research
671111 - engineering, health care, etc.
671112 -
671113 - The scheme showed a central server with applications and work
671114 - stations from various departments that plug into the core element.
671115 -
671116 - [On 010211 similar scheme proposed for project to develop open
671117 - source facilities management capability. ref SDS 95 1V6L
671119 - ..
671120 - Philip Gust noted advantages of this scheme for accomplishing the
671121 - project objective to develop a DKR.
671123 - ..
671124 - Doug's letter on 000322 described the project to develop DKR core
671125 - application. ref DRP 6 3645
671127 - ..
671128 - Previously, in a letter on 000307 Doug commended Bellinger's work to
671129 - the project, as an example to guide DKR work. ref SDS 34 4820
671131 - ..
671132 - Bellinger defines "knowledge" distinct from "data" and "information."
671133 - ref SDS 34 3968 There was discussion today that this distinction
671134 - needs to be formulated, otherwise why not use Information Management?
671136 - ..
671137 - The team decided there wasn't enough time during the meeting today to
671138 - review how "knowledge" is different from "information," and how tools
671139 - for "working intelligently" leverage investing time to "connect the
671140 - dots" of cause and effect that yield the power of knowledge in time to
671141 - control the future, discussed on 000120. ref SDS 21 5063
671143 - ..
671144 - Everyone feels limited time is a big problem that can be solved with
671145 - the DKR, per above. ref SDS 0 2808 Defining intelligence, knowledge,
671146 - information, and data takes time. There was concensus to start
671147 - software programming for the DKR, rather than dwell on theory.
671149 - ..
671150 - Joe Williams presented issues correlating OHS and DKR definition and
671151 - scope, per his letter on 000307. ref SDS 34 5837
671153 - ..
671154 - Joe suggested relying on Bellinger for guidance in creating a
671155 - knowledge process comprised of...
671156 -
671157 -
671158 - Learning
671159 -
671160 - Experience
671162 - ..
671163 - Knowledge
671164 -
671165 - ...as proposed in a second letter to the Colloquium on 000307.
671166 - ref SDS 34 0651 Joe related today that this model might assuage the
671167 - problem of "meaning drift." On 991101 meaning drift was reviewed.
671168 - ref SDS 17 0857
671169 -
671170 - [On 000327 Joe Williams applied the record of this meeting for
671171 - "Use Case" analysis of DKR to supplement his comments today.
671172 - ref SDS 45 8955
671174 - ..
671175 - There was support for Joe's idea, noting this aspect of the DKR
671176 - provides an "ontology" which the DKR needs.
671178 - ..
671179 - Joe might collaborate to develop a presentation on Bellinger,
671180 - whose work on knowledge and KM he endoresed on 000307, ref SDS 34
671181 - 0655, and the role of "ontology," for a future meeting.
671182 -
671183 - [On 000407 set action item for presentation on Bellinger.
671184 - ref SDS 55 2805
671186 - ..
671187 - [On 000420 Joe's presentation to SRI project team does not cite
671188 - Bellinger. ref SDS 60 4004
671190 - ..
671191 - [On 000422 Joe submits use case analysis for DKR design; does
671192 - not cite Bellinger. ref SDS 62 0918
671194 - ..
671195 - Ontology was cited as necessary, but challenging work in a series
671196 - of letters by Jack Park and Eric Armstrong beginning on 000221.
671197 - ref SDS 30 8044 Possibly Jack and Eric could support the effort
671198 - by Joe and Marcelo.
671199 -
671200 - [On 000327 Eric reported Traction program cited by Doug for
671201 - project consideration provides "catagorization" capability
671202 - "...is fundamental to anything DKR project want to do.
671203 - ref SDS 46 1350
671205 - ..
671206 - Eric Armstrong recalled during the meeting today a presentation by
671207 - Michael Harte, Vice President, Information Systems and Strategy,
671208 - CitiGroup (who own CitiBank), at the ninth (9th) Colloquium session,
671209 - showing needs that businesses have for DKR capability.
671210 -
671211 - Specific needs were not reviewed today.
671213 - ..
671214 - Where was Chemical Bank presentation discussed in the Colloquium
671215 - correspondence?
671217 - ..
671218 - Who has reviewed their important findings for guidance on
671219 - designing the DKR?
671221 - ..
671222 - Doug related frustrations from meetings with Bill Gates, and others,
671223 - who were initially unimpressed with the Internet and the web, because
671224 - success in the PC market focused attention on advantages of...
671225 -
671226 - personal control of personal information
671228 - ..
671229 - On 960304 article in Forbes ASAP reviews hopes for Internet to replace
671230 - PC as industry standard. ref SDS 9 6008 Grove is quoted as believing
671231 - Internet is oversold. ref SDS 9 2044 However, on 980307 review of
671232 - Grove's book published in 1996 shows he views the Internet as a
671233 - Strategic Inflection Point. ref SDS 13 3495 This may have been last
671234 - minute editing, as things unfolded in late 1996??
671236 - ..
671237 - On 970617 an article in Fortune sets out Gates' view that PCs will
671238 - remain the dominate information technology medium. ref SDS 11 3212
671240 - ..
671241 - On 990527 Christensen points out in the Innovator's Dilemma that large
671242 - organizations are driven to defend the status quo, and have difficulty
671243 - recognizing and keeping up with true innovation. ref SDS 16 1300
671244 - Doug's experience and findings in the Microsoft Anti-trust case
671245 - reported on 991110 appear to support Christensen. ref SDS 19 6722
671247 - ..
671248 - Warren proposed identifying a narrow added advantage that the DKR
671249 - project can bring to existing capabilities.
671250 -
671251 - Joe pointed out that the web eventually caught on because the
671252 - simplicity of the idea about one-to-one linking is a benefit that
671253 - is easy to understand.
671255 - ..
671256 - XML is more powerful than HTML, but HTML has become the defacto
671257 - standard because the base of users demands compatibility.
671258 -
671260 - ..
671261 - WBI Possible Path to Early Augment Solution Using Transcoding
671262 -
671263 - Doug explained willingness of IBM to provide in-depth tutorials,
671264 - and to otherwise share ideas (resources??), and/or support the DKR
671265 - project in relation to WBI, cited in his Letter on 000322.
671266 - ref SDS 41 0400
671268 - ..
671269 - WBI was discussed in Session 4, slides 49-59 by Jim Spohrer of
671270 - IBM. Not itself related to XML; an "intermediary server" which
671271 - plays a special processing role: relaying, translating,
671272 - re-formatting, ..... The record on 000227 shows Jim made a
671273 - presentation for the Colloquium on Education Object Economy, and
671274 - discussed importance of attribution. ref SDS 31 0987
671275 -
671276 - [On 000327 Doug cited WBI to demonstrate self-evident
671277 - benefits of better KM. ref SDS 45 4420
671279 - ..
671280 - [On 000405 Doug submits action vector. ref SDS 53 6006
671282 - ..
671283 - [On 000413 IBM presented WBI. ref SDS 57 5148
671285 - ..
671286 - [On 000420 Eric Armstrong cites concerns about using WBI.
671287 - ref SDS 60 3995
671288 -
671289 -
6713 -
SUBJECTS
XML Editor OHS/DKR Generate Manage Apply Dynamic Knowledge Repositor
9403 -
940401 - ..
940402 - What We Are Trying to Accomplish OHS/DKR Purpose
940403 - OHS/DKR Project Deliverables Set by Doug Engelbart
940404 - Editor Based on XML Initial Project Deliverable Enhance Email
940405 - Collaborative Document System and OHS Supported by Editor
940406 -
940407 - Follow up ref SDS 41 0400.
940408 -
940409 - Eric proposed initial focus of project should define deliverable,
940410 - per his letter reviewed on 000120. ref SDS 21 3002
940411 -
940412 - On 000208 he discussed this task again. ref SDS 27 8960
940414 - ..
940415 - Doug clarified the project deliverable is an XML editor for OHS
940416 - that can generate a DKR. see prelim plan below, ref SDS 0 5964,
940417 - per his letter on 000322 explaining purpose of the project to
940418 - develop DKR core application, ref DRP 6 3645, which currently is
940419 - centered on email from the Colloquium dialogs. This suggests
940420 - initial effort to improve email, since that is the driving force
940421 - of the current DKR situation, as Eric had in mind on 000120.
940422 - ref SDS 21 3871
940423 -
940424 - [On 000326 Doug cited Traction journal program by Twisted
940425 - Systems should be reviewed by project team for functions to
940426 - support DKR. ref SDS 44 0001
940428 - ..
940429 - Invite Chris Nuzum to make presentation on Traction to
940430 - project team meeting, or arrange for separate review by ad
940431 - hoc group?? ref SDS 44 2862
940433 - ..
940434 - [On 000327 Eric cites advantages of Traction for catagorizing
940435 - information. ref SDS 46 1350
940437 - ..
940438 - [On 000420 Debra London suggested everyone write up the
940439 - purpose of the project. ref SDS 60 2808
940441 - ..
940442 - [On 000405 Doug confirms initial effort is to enhance email
940443 - for project DKR. ref SDS 53 2484
940445 - ..
940446 - [On 001025 draft launch plan submitted OHS and Hyperscope
940447 - development. ref SDS 87 G3W8
940449 - ..
940450 - [On 001122 Eric reported there are difficult challenges
940451 - accomplishing Knowledge Management with the design everybody
940452 - wants to use. ref SDS 90 E47M
940454 - ..
940455 - This aligns with Eric's work to developing requirements for an
940456 - Editor, also, called a Collaborative Document System, reported on
940457 - 000306, ref SDS 33 0001, which will enhance email productivity,
940458 - per planning on 000120. ref SDS 21 3871
940459 -
940461 - ..
940462 - Knowledge Management Advanced Applying Report Process
940463 - Contemporaneous Record Improves Productivity Quality Daily Work
940464 - Engineering Management Initial Development Drives ABC Improvement
940465 -
940466 - Doug seemed to indicate the first thing for the team to develop is
940467 - an XML editor for an OHS/DKR technology, per above, ref SDS 0
940468 - 5880, that aids engineering management, including communication
940469 - and collaboration. Doug explained that using the new tools to
940470 - create a contemporaneous record of daily work will improve
940471 - productivity of software and other work, from continual exposure
940472 - by engineers using their own tools. Writing out an explanation
940473 - and analysis of experience using the technology will increase
940474 - understanding of complex use cases. He feels self-interest
940475 - dynamics with the discipline of writing are the best engine for
940476 - engineering improvements.
940478 - ..
940479 - This is the "report" part of the model for Communication Metrics,
940480 - intelligence support, and Knowledge Management presented in POIMS.
940481 - ref OF 1 2300 It fits the model Doug presented in the SRI 1962
940482 - proposal to "Augment Human Intellect," reviewed on 991222.
940483 - ref SDS 20 KL6N More recently, Doug's 1992 paper described an ABC
940484 - continual improvement process that relies on recylcing experience
940485 - using technology to improve the design, production, and
940486 - application of new tools. ref SDS 20 5187 Doug now summarizes
940487 - this concept as "bootstrapping," shown by his website on the
940488 - Internet, reviewed on 991222.
940490 - ..
940491 - "User Centered Design" proposed by Tom Landauer reviewed on
940492 - 950710, ref SDS 6 6403 supports ABC process of improvement which
940493 - Doug proposes today.
940495 - ..
940496 - Someone, possibly Jack Park, said that Doug's idea for the team
940497 - to initially concentrate on building software that will be used
940498 - by the software development team is the acid test of usefullness,
940499 - and is sometimes described as...
940500 -
940501 - Eating your own dog food!
940503 - ..
940504 - This expression was encountered a few years ago on 951010 in
940505 - connection with Microsoft applying software programs which it was
940506 - promoting at a professional event for DEC. ref SDS 7 5740
940508 - ..
940509 - [On 010924 Morris Jones at Intel notes SDS has optimized
940510 - common management tasks by continuing refinement for
940511 - efficient usability through synergy between design, and
940512 - feedback from experience using SDS by the developer to
940513 - think, remember, and communicate. ref SDS 97 NK4J
940515 - ..
940516 - [On 020530 case study people cannot remember purpose of
940517 - Knowledge Management that advances beyond conventional
940518 - information management, project management, quality
940519 - control, records management, etc. ref SDS 98 EF7I
940521 - ..
940522 - On 000227 Eric Armstrong proposed engineering management as an
940523 - effective venue for demonstrating advantages of DKR.
940524 - ref SDS 31 1248
940526 - ..
940527 - On 990524 the record shows there are a lot of engineering
940528 - management programs, but nobody uses them. ref SDS 14 0876
940530 - ..
940531 - On 990525 there was a report that engineers are so focused on
940532 - creating good technology that there is not enough time for
940533 - good management. ref SDS 15 0966
940535 - ..
940536 - This suggests a task to formulate a design that will encourage
940537 - use, and/or to otherwise inject technology support into the
940538 - work process, despite resistance, because without use, there
940539 - is no productivity gain. People never discover their common
940540 - sense feeling to just jump in and start "designing," or
940541 - talking, medicating, programming, digging, fixing, nailing,
940542 - and so on, is incorrect. ref SDS 0 6688
940544 - ..
940545 - [On 000405 Doug Engelbart proposed the first priority
940546 - for development of new software is to develop DKR-email
940547 - support for granular addressability that enables
940548 - communication for better collaboration among the project
940549 - development team. ref SDS 53 2484
940551 - ..
940552 - [On 000406 Adam Cheyer clarified that the first
940553 - deliverable of the DKR project team is a software
940554 - programming program. ref SDS 54 5078
940556 - ..
940557 - [On 000420 CRIT development team did not use their own
940558 - software for collaboration and engineering management,
940559 - but fell back to using email tools commonly called a
940560 - "Killer Application" for the Internet that destroys
940561 - productivity and earnings, but nobody cares because it
940562 - is really fast and easy to make mistakes. ref SDS 60
940563 - 4911
940565 - ..
940566 - [On 000503 Eric reported that forcing himself (using
940567 - discipline and diligence) to report on meetings at SRI
940568 - for the DKR project during the time Rod Welch did not
940569 - attend the meetings, while serving as a juror in a
940570 - trial; he reports that writing a contemporaneous record
940571 - has helped to understand issues, and recognize and
940572 - clarify missing information. ref SDS 71 5938
940574 - ..
940575 - [On 000517 Eric Armstrong reported productivity improved
940576 - on a software project in Texas by creating a
940577 - contemporaneous record of daily work. ref SDS 75 2064
940578 -
940579 -
940580 -
940581 -
940582 -
940583 -
940584 -
940585 -
9406 -
SUBJECTS
Project Planning, Objectives
Plan Needed for Guidance
Schedule Control
Project Plan, Eugene Kim
Use Case Method Define Requirement, 000324
Empathic Design
Unified Modeling Languag
Use Case Analysis Set OHS/DKR Requirements, Jack Park
A910 -
A91101 - ..
A91102 - Project "Plan" to Attract Sponsors, Review at Next Meeting
A91103 -
A91104 - Follow up ref SDS 23 2397, ref SDS 22 8960.
A91105 -
A91106 - Eugene Kim noted that Doug has, through the Colloquium, established
A91107 - the mission of the DKR project. Eugene therefore proposed that the
A91108 - team first define "what" will be produced. This aligns with Eugene's
A91109 - experience developing his own DKR, per above, ref SDS 0 2867, and with
A91110 - Colloquium dialog, for example, on 000125, calling for a "project
A91111 - plan." ref SDS 23 2397 On 000120 Eric asked what a DKR looks like,
A91112 - ref SDS 21 3002, and it was recommended starting with a definition of
A91113 - "knowledge." ref SDS 21 5063 On 000208 Eric asked for ideas on the
A91114 - core capability of a DKR, ref SDS 27 8960, and an idea was submitted
A91115 - to integrate time and information to augment human intelligence.
A91116 - ref SDS 27 4905 On 000212 Eric proposed an innovation for the core
A91117 - capability of DKR that seemed to apply the suggestion on 000208.
A91118 - ref SDS 28 9790 On 000302 Eugene submitted analysis showing language
A91119 - is a technology that can be aided by technology. ref SDS 32 8975
A91120 - Thereafter the SRI project team has focused on improving email.
A91122 - ..
A91123 - As a result, it is necessary to first define what will be produced.
A91124 -
A91125 - [On 000327 Doug Engelbart submits 1972 article explaining tasks
A91126 - technology can support to improve productivity of management.
A91127 - ref SDS 45 3971
A91129 - ..
A91130 - [On 000331 Jack Park submits article leading to analysis on
A91131 - defining what capability to produce. ref SDS 49 6887
A91133 - ..
A91134 - Jack Park suggested "use case" analysis to define requirements.
A91135 -
A91136 - Sounds similar to "empathic design" process reviewed on 940508.
A91137 - ref SDS 3 6930
A91138 -
A91139 - Jack noted that Eric has likely incorporated Use Cases into initial
A91140 - requirements for OHS editor, most recently published on 000306.
A91141 - ref SDS 33 0000
A91143 - ..
A91144 - [On 000405 Jack and Eric propose use case analysis to formulate
A91145 - knowledge representations. ref SDS 52 2928 and resolve design
A91146 - issues on versioning. ref SDS 52 0784
A91148 - ..
A91149 - [On 000420 Lee Iverson explained Use Case analysis. ref SDS 60
A91150 - 4933
A91152 - ..
A91153 - [On 000427 Lee submits use cases for software programming,
A91154 - similar to project management requriements. ref SDS 66 0001
A91156 - ..
A91157 - [On 000503 Eric lists advantages of email for various use cases
A91158 - that contribute to Knowledge Management, including getting
A91159 - information that guides priorities, sharing information to
A91160 - communicate, collaborate, and coordinate, ref SDS 68 LR5L, and
A91161 - he feels email subject threads organize things effectively.
A91162 - ref SDS 68 TT68
A91164 - ..
A91165 - [On 000516 Eugene submitted use case analysis for software
A91166 - programming, similar to Lee's submission on 000427. ref SDS 74
A91167 - 4393
A91169 - ..
A91170 - [On 000824 Eric reports use case analysis has not been completed
A91171 - for OHS and DKR design. ref SDS 79 MV4I
A91173 - ..
A91174 - [On 001018 Eric reports versioning problem in developing OHS
A91175 - architecture. ref SDS 86 V3Y1
A91177 - ..
A91178 - Eugene recommended the book...
A91179 -
A91180 -
A91181 - UML Distilled
A91182 -
A91183 -
A91184 - ....by Martin Fowler, as a brief, effective introduction to "Use
A91185 - Cases" and the Unified Modeling Language in general.
A91186 -
A91187 - [On 000327 Joe Williams uses the record of the meeting today
A91188 - for Use Case analysis of DKR. ref SDS 45 8955
A91189 -
A91191 - ..
A91192 - May need task to begin use case analysis for DKR, per Joe
A91193 - Williams on 000307. ref SDS 34 5837
A91194 - ..
A91195 - Do we need task for Use Case review to support Eric?
A91196 -
A91197 - [On 000420 Lee Iverson explained Use Case analysis. ref SDS 60
A91198 - 4933
A91200 - ..
A91201 - Doug seems fairly strong that an OHS is a first order of business.
A91202 -
A91203 - Eric indicated willingness to present Editor requirements at the
A91204 - next meeting.
A91205 -
A91206 - [On 000406 Eric gave presentation.
A91208 - ..
A91209 - It was decided to focus the next meeting on defining the project;
A91210 - perhaps the meeting after that can be half on project
A91211 - development, and half on Editor requirements, and then the third
A91212 - meeting can do Editor Requirements in depth.
A91213 -
A91214 - [On 000326 Doug raised possibility of presentation at project
A91215 - meeting on 000413 to demonstrate Traction by Twisted Systems.
A91216 - ref SDS 44 2862