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DIARY: June 2, 2000 03:51 PM Friday; Rod Welch

Eugene Kim comments on DKR glossary; Bill notifies of attribution.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Glossary Project Gaining Momentum
3...Linking Helps Align Definitions to Original Sources
4...Attribution Gives Credit, Aids Understanding of Nuance, Context
5...Knowledge Defined from Meeting with Intel on 000517
6...Need Work-up Similar to Bellinger's Web Site to Guide DKR Project
7...Tending Garden of Knowledge Takes Time, Yields Big Rewards
8...Organization and Search Capability for SDS Record on Web
9...Ontologos Review Does Not Show Work Product
10...Government Funding Pursued by SRI
11...Summary Project Objectives and Purpose for SRI Marketing
12...Eugene advises that Pat needs additional ideas from prior

ACTION ITEMS.................. Click here to comment!

.....onsolidate all three glossaries. ref DRT 1 0308
1...Doug has offered to incorporate the glossary into Augment, showing how
2...There needs to be some discussion, as well, about other sources, e.g.,

CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
Glossary, Engelbart, Doug, 000518

0703 -
0703 -    ..
0704 - Summary/Objective
0705 -
070501 - Follow up ref SDS 60 0000, ref SDS 51 0000.
070502 -
070503 - Eugene Kim offers suggestions for glossary project begun by Bill
070504 - Bearden. ref SDS 0 6982  Bill notifies the team that linking for
070505 - attribution and other purposes can enhance the glossary. ref SDS 0
070506 - 4148  He discloses having used the record from the meeting at Intel on
070507 - 000517 to define "knowledge," which is a big step in applying
070508 - Knowledge Space; but, still need additional work up on Bellinger and
070509 - other sources. ref SDS 0 3132  Jack Park recommends review of
070510 - Ontologos for ideas and methods to accomplish subject management;
070511 - review of Ontologos shows no evidence of implementation.  Sent letter
070512 - to Ontologos requesting explanations and examples of work product.
070513 - ref SDS 0 8932  SRI needs a summary of project objective to seek
070514 - government funding of the project. ref SDS 0 5862
070515 - ..
070516 - Sent ref DIT 1 0001 to Ontologos requesting assistance
070517 - understanding how the methodology supports knowledge management.
070518 -
070519 -    [On 000605 received response from Robert. ref SDS 61 0001
070520 -
070521 -    [On 000606 sent letter to Eugne on this. ref SDS 63 0001
070522 -
070523 -
070524 -
070525 -
070527 -  ..
0706 -
0707 -
0708 - Progress
070901 -  ..
070902 - Glossary Project Gaining Momentum
070903 -
070904 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Eugene Kim thanking Bill Bearden for
070905 - starting on the glossary, per Bill's letter, ref DRP 2 0001, received
070906 - yesterday, responding to request by Doug Engelbart at the meeting on
070907 - 000518, ref SDS 51 3286, and implementng report to project team at SRI
070908 - on 000601. ref SDS 58 5783
070910 -  ..
070911 - Eugene says Doug has indicated there is another glossary that also
070912 - contains many definitions.  Eugene suggests consolidating Bill's work
070913 - with the reference Doug has in mind. ref DRT 1 0001
070914 - ..
070915 - Joe Williams is putting together a preliminary glossary
070916 - containing mostly definitions of current technologies, like the
070917 - various W3C standard.  When this is done (hopefully by early next
070918 - week), we'll be able to...
070919 -
070920 -     ...consolidate all three glossaries. ref DRT 1 0308
070922 -  ..
070923 - Doug has offered to incorporate the glossary into Augment, showing how
070924 - it supports the collaborative development and maintenance of a
070925 - glossary.  Should be a very cool demo. ref DRT 1 4758   Aligns with
070926 - meeting yesterday at SRI. ref SDS 58 5124
070927 -
070928 -
070930 -  ..
070931 - Linking Helps Align Definitions to Original Sources
070932 - Attribution Gives Credit, Aids Understanding of Nuance, Context
070933 -
070934 - Received ref DRT 2 0001 from Bill Bearden responding to my
070935 - letter, ref DIP 2 0001, sent yesterday. ref SDS 60 1920, commenting on
070936 - Bill's initial submission of a glossary, ref DRP 2 0001, for the DKR
070937 - project. ref SDS 60 0001
070939 -  ..
070940 - Bill explains that linking is an important advantage of knowledge
070941 - management that supports a DKR. ref DRT 2 3021  He says a glossary
070942 - should be linked on a number of dimensions...
070943 -
070944 -     1.  Each entry would be linked to all occurrences of the word in
070945 -         the DKR content.
070946 -         ..
070947 -     2.  Each of those links would be rated based on relevance
070948 -         and "educational background requirement". Also,
070950 -          ..
070951 -     3.  There will be "dependency" threads running through the terms.
070953 -          ..
070954 -     4.  DKR will have links to the same term in DKRs covering other
070955 -         topics.
070957 -          ..
070958 -     5.  Attribution is cited separately as a practical link.
070959 -         ref DRT 2 5550
070961 -  ..
070962 - Bill does not cite any authority for these requirements, nor provide
070963 - examples where any of this has been provided and been found useful.
070964 - Neither is there an explanation of usefulness, nor scenarios provided
070965 - to help people grasp usefulness.
070966 - ..
070967 - Bill is thinking about providing attribution using links to
070968 - colloquium sessions for definitions in the glossary, but does not cite
070969 - any today. ref DRT 2 2070
070971 -  ..
070972 - This addresses action item in the record yesterday, ref SDS 60 1920,
070973 - and aligns with Eric's proposed specs for OHS/DKR initial CDS editor
070974 - that calls out attribution, reviewed on 000505, ref SDS 42 2079, based
070975 - on presentation by Jim Sporher, reported on 000227. ref SDS 15 0987
070976 -
070977 -
070979 -  ..
070980 - Knowledge Defined from Meeting with Intel on 000517
070981 - Need Work-up Similar to Bellinger's Web Site to Guide DKR Project
070982 -
070983 - Bill indicates the definition of "knowledge" he proposed in a letter
070984 - on 000601, ref DRP 2 1242, was aided by the record of the meeting at
070985 - Intel on 000517, ref SDS 50 3976, which he cites today, but not in the
070986 - glossary. ref DRT 2 0899,
070988 -  ..
070989 - There needs to be some discussion, as well, about other sources, e.g.,
070990 - Bellinger, and Jack's definition on 000516, per the record on 000518,
070991 - ref SDS 51 5555, so there is a conscious synthesis of meaning that
070992 - guides the DKR project.
070994 -  ..
070995 - Bill cites examples he offered in the first pass. ref DRT 2 0713
070996 - ..
070997 - Bill explains "nuance" will be be provided in the glossary for
070998 - the DKR through multiple levels of incrementally more detailed
070999 - definitions of each term. Some terms, for instance Knowledge
071000 - Management, are the subject of entire books. ref DRT 2 0600
071001 -
071002 -      Bill is right that developing useful terms to guide development
071003 -      of DKR architecture, which is the purpose of the glossary is a
071004 -      big job, as noted in the letter to him yesterday. ref SDS 60 1920
071006 -       ..
071007 -      The point of a glossary in one sense is to summarize books on
071008 -      knoweldge, KM, "intelligence," management and so on, into
071009 -      explanations we can use to guide the work.  Right now, no one can
071010 -      point to a book on Knowledge Management and say with any clarity
071011 -      that based on what is in the book, lets go build thus and so.
071012 -
071014 -  ..
071016 -  ..
071017 - Bill acknowledges that the definition of DKR is brief. ref DRP 2 2666
071018 - He notes that if the DKR project team, or anybody, could really define
071019 - that in simple terms, we would have our requirements spec., wouldn't
071020 - we?  :-)
071021 -
071022 -      Same comment -- we have to start off somewhere with summary
071023 -      explanations, and use that to guide creation of the detail in the
071024 -      specs.
071026 -       ..
071027 -      We cannot use the same words to describe a word.
071029 -       ..
071030 -      On 000503 Eric Armstrong noted in a letter that the DKR team has
071031 -      been miscommunicating for weeks about what is meant by a
071032 -      knowledge repository. ref SDS 39 0672
071033 -      ..
071034 -      The project crys out for guidance on what to build.
071035 -
071036 -         [On 000615 team reported not enough knowledge to develop DKR.
071037 -         ref SDS 66 6271
071038 -
071039 -         [On 000928 Eugene Kim reported project deliverables are not
071040 -         understood. ref SDS 69 X57F
071042 -          ..
071043 -         [On 001116 Eric Armstrong defers work on defining DKR until
071044 -         after initial OHS is developed. ref SDS 71 SV8I
071045 -
071046 -
071047 -
071048 -
071049 -
071050 -
071051 -
0711 -
0712 -

SUBJECTS
IBIS Decision Analysis
Organize Information, Colloquium Correspondence, 000130
Ontology Organize Structure
IBIS Conversation, 000223
Ontology Organization Method
Tending Garden of Knowledge
Organic Structure Knowledge Data - Wisdom
Subject Indexing, General
Ontologos, 000602
Ontology Definition
Ontology, SDS Scope, Ontologos

2313 -
231401 -  ..
231402 - Tending Garden of Knowledge Takes Time, Yields Big Rewards
231403 - Organization and Search Capability for SDS Record on Web
231404 -
231405 -
2315 -
2316 -
2317 - 1153
2319 -    ..
231901 - Jack feels SDS is missing an ontology that would help people find
231902 - information in Knowledge Space, per Jack's objective in his letter to
231903 - Eric Armstrong on 000503. ref SDS 39 6138  Earlier on 000221 Jack
231904 - submitted a link that defines "ontology," ref SDS 14 2622, which
231905 - accomplishes a lot of the tasks performed by the organic subject
231906 - structure in SDS, reviewed on 890523. ref SDS 1 SQ5L
231908 -  ..
231909 - We reviewed the letter from Paul Fernhout yesterday, which seems to
231910 - propose creating some of the capability Jack has in mind. ref SDS 57
231911 - 0035
231912 -
231913 -     [On 000607 report that experiment cited in paper Jack submitted is
231914 -     incorrect; there is no evidence of application. ref SDS 64 0001
231916 -  ..
231917 - Jack indicated there is an organization that has already created, or
231918 - is working on creating, an effective ontology.  He gave the following
231919 - address on the web....
231920 -
231921 -
231922 -                      http://www.ontologos.org
231923 -
231925 -  ..
231926 - We reviewed background showing that effective subject management is
231927 - hard to accomplish, per Jack's report on 000221, ref SDS 14 7455, and
231928 - earlier on 970116. ref SDS 7 3109
231929 -
231930 -     [On 000605 received letter on Ontologos providing further
231931 -     resources for observing work product showing "ontology" has been
231932 -     created and is being applied. ref SDS 61 0001
231934 -      ..
231935 -     [On 000606 Jack provided further link references and reseach
231936 -     showed there is no evidence of anyone having created an ontology
231937 -     nor used it to find anything. ref SDS 62 5897
231939 -      ..
231940 -     [On 000607 letter from author of paper Jack cited says reference
231941 -     to work product for ontology is a mistake, i.e., it does not
231942 -     exist. ref SDS 64 0001
231944 -      ..
231945 -     [On 000623 Jack proposes building an "engine" that will create an
231946 -     ontology or knowledge representation. ref SDS 67 2915
231948 -  ..
231949 - I pointed out that it takes a lot of work to create and apply organic
231950 - subject structures, as set out on 890523. ref SDS 1 SQ5L  Mary Keeler
231951 - called for a "lens" to filter infomration in her discussion to the SRI
231952 - team on 000518. ref SDS 51 2812  Moreover, it is probably more art
231953 - than science at this stage.  However, the investment turns out to save
231954 - time and money by enabling people to quickly get critical "knowledge"
231955 - when it is needed to maintain progress of the work, and it provides
231956 - alerts about broader implications that avoid mistakes. During the
231957 - meeting at Intel on 000517 this was described as aiding human memory,
231958 - i.e., remembering, ref SDS 50 5083, based on research reported 900319.
231959 - ref SDS 3 0005
231961 -  ..
231962 - I call this investment to aid human thinking...
231963 -
231964 -
231965 -                  Tending the garden of knowledge
231966 -
231968 -  ..
231969 - Jack seemed to say that the SDS record on the web does not support
231970 - Mary's presentation on the "lens", and that it only provides a middle
231971 - level, which she explained.
231973 -  ..
231974 - We reviewed SDS implementation on the web is only 25% of SDS, and that
231975 - the other 75% provides organization (see POIMS, ref OF 1 1110), access
231976 - and other tools that makes it possible to write up an effective
231977 - record, and to use the record for daily management, i.e., gives people
231978 - the "fire power" to augment human intelligence in handling daily
231979 - working information, as explained in the record on 950204, ref SDS 4
231980 - 4995, and at the meeting with Intel on 000517. ref SDS 50 7227
231982 -  ..
231983 - There is no other evident source for this capability.
231985 -  ..
231986 - Jack advised that Eric has published updated requirement specs that
231987 - cover mathematical processing he has in mind, and feels is needed to
231988 - make SDS an effective DKR, per our telecon on 000503. ref SDS 38 6860
231989 - ..
231990 - Eric's submission yesterday provides changes to create v0.7.  It
231991 - adds explanation of how Traction supports catagorization, similar to
231992 - an ontology. ref SDS 59 5933  There is, also, a new section on
231993 - "Relational," which Eric attributes to Jack, ref SDS 59 4967, and
231994 - there is discussion of "alignment, attributed to SDS. ref SDS 59 4967
231996 -  ..
231997 - These express attributions seem to reflect suggestions in the record
231998 - on 000505 about the need for cretiting contributions to the project,
231999 - ref SDS 42 0375, and indicate progress using the SDS record for
232000 - management support.
232002 -  ..
232003 - Mathematical and logical operations, however, have proven difficult to
232004 - implement, as related by Paul Fernhout in the record on 000405,
232005 - ref SDS 21 4611, for the reasons explained in POIMS, ref OF 1 0561,
232006 - and previously on 900303 reviewing Jeremy's Campbell's book.
232007 - ref SDS 2 4284
232008 - ..
232009 - Jack feels there is more to effective "ontology" application
232010 - than SDS provides.  I agree that there are some improvements I would
232011 - like see developed, which would make a great open source effort, once
232012 - people recognize a fruitful evolutionary path, as we discussed on
232013 - 000503. ref SDS 38 6903
232014 -
232015 -     [On 001028 this came up in reviewing a letter from Paul Fernhout.
232016 -     ref SDS 70 XS4F
232018 -  ..
232019 - Jack asked me to review information at the Ontologos web site for an
232020 - explanation of applications he wants to make for managing the SDS
232021 - record on the web that would somehow synthesize records produced by
232022 - different people in a way that aids the thought process, i.e.,
232023 - augments human intelligence.
232024 - ..
232025 - Jack seemed to indicate today that Ontologos proposes
232026 - accomplishing some of the mathematical processing of SDS records,
232027 - which we have discussed, for example, on 000503, hoping some of it
232028 - that might yield something useful. ref SDS 38 6860
232029 - ..
232030 - Jack noted Eric's work explaining requirements for IBIS level
232031 - logical operations that can help people use the DKR, per the record on
232032 - 000505. ref SDS 42 2650
232033 -
232034 -     [On 000614 IBIS proposed to support Wiki. ref SDS 65 4939
232035 -
232036 -     [On 000630 Jack Park supports IBIS for DKR. ref SDS 68 2040
232038 -  ..
232039 - I commented that IBIS is not an effective method for handling daily
232040 - working information, that can improve productivity of a lot of people
232041 - everyday, all day long.
232043 -  ..
232044 - Jack posed the issue of a lot of people creating SDS records, and
232045 - wouldn't this cause a complex environment that would overwhelm
232046 - everybody, which worried Morris on 951103. ref SDS 5 9066
232048 -  ..
232049 - We considered that life is a complex environment, and the human mind
232050 - is a complex instrument for handling daily working information that is
232051 - also complex.  Giving people tools that organize this complexity and
232052 - enable them to handle information faster, better, cheaper augments
232053 - collective IQ, proposed by Doug.
232055 -  ..
232056 - Giving people greater command and control of the record, explained in
232057 - POIMS, ref OF 1 1113, provides a better balance between complexity and
232058 - focus needed for navigating through the choices people face everyday.
232059 - ..
232060 - Jack asked me to review the web site for Ontologos and let him
232061 - know if SDS can do all the things they describe.
232062 -
232063 -     [On 000607 report that experiment cited in paper Jack submitted is
232064 -     incorrect; there is no evidence of application. ref SDS 64 0001
232065 -
232066 -
232068 -  ..
232069 - Ontologos Review Does Not Show Work Product
232070 -
232071 -
2321 -
2322 -
2323 - 2210
2325 -    ..
232501 - I looked at this web site in the evening...
232502 -
232503 -
232504 -                      http://www.ontologos.org
232505 -
232506 - ..
232507 - Spent about 45 minutes.  Encountered quite a few dead ends,
232508 - where links do not yet have content.
232510 -  ..
232511 - Did not see any explanations suggesting they are performing
232512 - mathematical processing of text, as Jack seemed to suggest in our
232513 - discussion.  More importantly, there are no examples, nor explanations
232514 - of work product showing how the methodologies are applied, nor of the
232515 - benefit derived relative to current practice.
232516 - ..
232517 - Sent ref DIT 1 0001 to Robert Kent, the lead contact at
232518 - Ontologos, which seems to have an association with SRI, requesting
232519 - assistance understanding how the methodology supports knowledge
232520 - management.
232522 -  ..
232523 - Linked to Eric's explanation on 000423 about augmenting human
232524 - intelligence. ref SDS 31 5096
232525 -
232526 -    [On 000605 received response from Robert. ref SDS 61 0001
232527 -
232528 -    [On 000607 report that experiment cited in paper Jack submitted is
232529 -    incorrect; there is no evidence of application. ref SDS 64 0001
232530 -
232531 -
232532 -
232533 -
232534 -
2326 -

SUBJECTS
Purpose DKR
Summary Project for Funding Presentation
Lincoln, Pat
Summarize Project Purpose, First Deliverable
Hooks Attract Funding

2807 -
280801 -  ..
280802 - Government Funding Pursued by SRI
280803 - Summary Project Objectives and Purpose for SRI Marketing
280804 -
280805 - Follow up ref SDS 58 0852.
280806 -
280807 - Received ref DRT 3 0001 from Eugene Kim requesting ideas for a one or
280808 - two paragraph summary of project objectives, which Pat Lincoln can use
280809 - to develop presentations by SRI to government agencies to obtain
280810 - funding.  The request came from the project meeting at SRI on 000601.
280811 - ref SDS 58 0852
280813 -  ..
280814 - This supplements Debra England's suggestion at the project meeting on
280815 - 000420 to explain the purpose of the project. ref SDS 27 5555
280816 - ..
280817 - On 000518 Knowledge Management was explained as basis of DKR
280818 - project. ref SDS 51 2808
280819 -
280820 -      [On 000606 sent letter to Eugne on this. ref SDS 63 0001
280822 -  ..
280823 - Pat needs a short description of the first step toward realizing
280824 - project objectives, which sounds like Eric's CDS program. ref DRT 3
280825 - 0001
280826 - ..
280827 - Eugene recalls Eric and Adam have made submissions on the
280828 - purpose of the project, and that there is a set of objectives for
280829 - Bootstrap. ref DRT 3 0783
280831 -  ..
280832 - He cites a web address...
280833 -
280834 -
280835 -               http://www.eekim.com/ohs/summaries.html
280836 -
280837 - ..
280838 - This location lists information from other sources, but there is
280839 - no context, date, link, nor indication about sources, which conflicts
280840 - with Eugene's report on 000504 calling for these criteria to support
280841 - research of the kind shown on his web site, ref SDS 40 5972, as
280842 - follows...
280843 -
280844 -     1.  Bootstrap - where is the source??
280845 -
280846 -            [On 000606 asked about this. ref SDS 63 0120
280848 -          ..
280849 -         Open. Provides vendor-independent access to hyperdocuments
280850 -         within and across work groups, platforms, and applications.
280852 -          ..
280853 -         Navigable. Provides flexible, bi-directional linking to any
280854 -         object in any multimedia file.
280855 -         ..
280856 -         Customizable. Allows users to select and create views of
280857 -         data best suited to task or preference.
280859 -          ..
280860 -         Dynamic. End-user functionality automatically changes over
280861 -         time to accommodate new multimedia object formats and methods
280862 -         for viewing them.
280864 -          ..
280865 -         Collaborative. Enables users to synchronously and
280866 -         asynchronously create, use, and modify hyperdocuments and
280867 -         dialog about them.
280869 -          ..
280870 -         Platform-neutral. User interaction components are written in
280871 -         Java.
280873 -          ..
280874 -         Interoperable. Provides a unifying framework within which
280875 -         (future) multi-vendor applications can interoperate.
280876 -         ..
280877 -         Reusable. Knowledge stored in it can be used and shared
280878 -         across time, and across knowledge and organizational domains.
280880 -          ..
280881 -         Extensible. New multimedia object types, means to interpret
280882 -         them, applications, views, and features can be added easily.
280884 -          ..
280885 -         Standards-based. Content formats are based on W3C XML
280886 -         standards.
280887 -         ..
280888 -     2.  Adam Cheyer
280889 -
280890 -            This comes from Adam's letter on 000424. ref SDS 32 0202
280892 -          ..
280893 -         We are building an "Open Hyperdocument System", an open-source
280894 -         framework for the distributed management and interconnection
280895 -         of documents (using the "large" definition of documents as a
280896 -         representation of any computer-represented media), under the
280897 -         guidance and following the vision of Doug Engelbart,
280898 -         incorporating where possible "modern" Internet standards and
280899 -         technologies.
280901 -          ..
280902 -     3.  Eric Armstrong
280903 -
280904 -            On 000423 Eric submitted a letter explaining the purpose of
280905 -            the project. ref SDS 31 5943
280906 -         ..
280907 -         Combine the simplicity and ease of use of an email
280908 -         system with the expressive power of Web documents. In essence,
280909 -         remove the barrier between email and documents, so you can
280910 -         comment on or even edit a document as easily as sending a
280911 -         message. While doing that, make it possible to categorize
280912 -         paragraphs (i.e. "messages") in order to carry on a
280913 -         well-organized discourse. Preliminary categories include
280914 -         "question", "alternative", "argument for", "argument against",
280915 -         and "endorsement". Categories like those have been found to be
280916 -         helpful in mediated discussion systems. We intend to put that
280917 -         thinking into software, so remote collaborators can carry on
280918 -         the same kind of highly reasoned discussions online.
280919 -
280920 - ..
280921 - Eugene advises that Pat needs additional ideas from prior
280922 - submissions, but does not offer guidance on criteria. ref DRT 3 5548
280923 -
280924 - On 000424 alternate ideas were developed. ref SDS 32 5033
280925 -
280926 - On 000407 submitted ideas for citing report from U.S. Army Corps of
280927 - Engineers on cost savings from adding "intelligence" role, which might
280928 - help. ref SDS 23 0001
280930 -  ..
280931 - Ideas from NSF proposal might be helpful...
280932 -
280933 -      Summary, ref OF 2 0001, prepared on 000615. ref SDS 8 0646
280934 -
280935 -      Significance of Innovation, ref OF 3 0001, prepared. ref SDS 8
280936 -      4928
280938 -     ..
280939 -    [On 000605 submitted letter to Jack Park and project team
280940 -    explaining vision of KM. ref SDS 61 1760
280941 -
280942 -
280943 -
280944 -
280945 -
280946 -
280947 -
280948 -
280949 -
280950 -