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DIARY: November 21, 2000 08:22 PM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Minciu Sodas submits ideas on import/export to support DKR project.

1...Summary/Objective
2...MindSet Powerful New Capability for Organizing Human Thought
3...Introduction...
.....How does MindSet work?
4...MindSet Guidelines
5...Organizing Thoughts into Sequences, Hierarchies, and Networks
6...Developing Import/Export Standards for Aggregates of Notes
....MindSet Import/Export Supports Critical Issue for DKR

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

1...Asked about Topic Maps that are mentioned somewhere in the Mindset
2...What is the basis of "thinking." Does this effort rely on
3...Would like an example of how this might help bake a cake,
4...Would like to see an example applying these ideas on using the

CONTACTS 
0201 - Minciu Sodas Laboratory              011 370 2 60 67 38
020101 - Mr. Andrius Kulikauskas, Ph.D.; Director =619 298 7019
020102 - ms@ms.lt
0202 - Knowledge Management Consortium, In  301 590 0102
020201 - Mr. Andrius Kulikauskas, Ph.D.; Editor
020202 - ms@ms.lt
020203 - KMCI News

SUBJECTS
Writers on Technology, PM
MindSet, Minciu Sodas, Andrius Kulikauskas, 001121
Legacy Support Tools Maintain Access Historical Record, Essential Com

1505 -    ..
1506 - Summary/Objective
1507 -
150701 - Follow up ref SDS 56 0000, ref SDS 55 0000.
150702 -
150703 - Got a letter today from Andrius notifying the DKR team about a program
150704 - Minciu Sodas has developed called Mindset, that has import/export
150705 - capability that may support the DKR project. ref SDS 0 D29S
150706 -
150707 - Adrius requests comments on his work.
150708 -
150709 - Preliminary review shows Mindset strives to support human thinking,
150710 - which aligns with objectives for the OHS/DKR project, see, for example
150711 - on 000423. ref SDS 57 5096  Mindset offers useful ideas for organizing
150712 - human thought into sequence, hierarchies and networks. Examples of
150713 - work product illustrated by Minciu Sodas correspondence, do not
150714 - illustrate the proposed organization methods. per below. ref SDS 0
150715 - 756L
150716 - ..
150717 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 linked to this record for initial
150718 - comments and congratulating Adrius on moving forward with their goal
150719 - to improving human thinking.
150720 -
150721 - Asked about Topic Maps that are mentioned somewhere in the Mindset
150722 - information, but could not find specific explanation, nor an example.
150723 - ref DIT 1 N26O  Cite Jack Park's planning on 000623. ref SDS 58 2915
150724 - How does Mindset handle ontology?  On 000221 Jack reported it is a
150725 - complex, difficult aspect of organizing information. ref SDS 52 7455
150726 - ..
150727 - Andrius advised in a reply that he is moderating a discussion
150728 - group for KMCI.  He invited me to participate by submitting letters to
150729 - kmci@egroups.com, which is part of....
150730 -
150731 -                      http://www.kmci.org
150732 -
150733 - Andrius is the newly appointed editor of the KMCI News electronic
150734 - newsletter.  He working to make this a forum to build support for KM
150735 - initiatives.  I submitted a standard email referring to Welch
150736 - publications on the web...
150737 -
150738 -                    http://www.welchco.com/00601.HTM
150739 -
150740 - ...per below. ref SDS 0 PE3K
150741 -
150742 -    [On 001202 received follow up letter from Andrius. ref SDS 63 0001
150743 -
150744 -
150745 -
150746 -
1508 -
1509 -
1510 - Progress
1511 -
151101 -  ..
151102 - MindSet Powerful New Capability for Organizing Human Thought
151103 -
151104 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Andrius which is addressed to the DKR
151105 - team, and requesting comments on a KM project Minciu Sodas Laboratory
151106 - is developing called...
151107 -
151108 -                        Mindset
151109 -
151110 -
151111 - Andrius requests comments on the Lab's explanation of Mindset, and
151112 - work product, particularly the potential for import/export capability
151113 - to support the DKR project, which he feels aligns with bootstrap
151114 - methods.
151115 -
151116 -      Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 linked to this record for initial
151117 -      comments.
151118 -
151119 - Andrius advises that the Mindset website makes explicit the type of
151120 - structuring used: Unordered Hierarchy, Nondirected Network, Directed
151121 - Network, Acyclic Network, Closed Sequence, Open Sequence.
151122 -
151123 -       Below, initial review shows important ideas on organizing human
151124 -       thought. ref SDS 0 756L
151125 -
151126 - It's a modeling language for modeling our thinking.  He requests
151127 - comments on a draft, ref DRT 1 IS6H, and gives another web address for
151128 - the Mindset project team...
151129 -
151130 -
151131 -               http://www.ms.lt/ourownthoughts.html
151132 -
151133 - ..
151134 - Andrius' letter today follows up my letter, ref DIP 3 0001, that
151135 - responded to Andrius' request on 000324 for me to join Minciu Sodas
151136 - Laboratory (MSL), and explaining that MSL can use with information on
151137 - the Welch web site about SDS and Com Metrics, with attribution.  I,
151138 - also, provided information on Doug's Colloquium. ref DIP 3 4472
151139 -
151140 -
151141 - I looked at...
151142 -
151143 -                     MindSet
151144 -                     Version 0.1  (Draft)
151145 -                     October 27, 2000
151146 -
151147 -                http://www.ms.lt/mindset.html
151148 -
151149 - ...at the following locations...
151150 -
151151 -
151152 - Introduction...
151153 -
151154 -        http://www.ms.lt/mindset.html#introduction
151155 -
151156 -     MindSet is a standard for modeling our thinking.  MindSet consists
151157 -     of a modeling language and various implementations.
151158 -
151159 -     What is the purpose of MindSet?
151160 -
151161 -     MindSet frees us to reexperience our thinking.  MindSet makes us
151162 -     aware of the consequences of using "mental levers" to approach our
151163 -     thoughts. MindSet is particularly helpful when we wish to use
151164 -     software tools for organizing large numbers of thoughts.  MindSet
151165 -     helps us transfer our accumulated thoughts from one software tool
151166 -     to another.
151167 -
151168 -         What is the basis of "thinking."  Does this effort rely on
151169 -         connectionist theory in cognitive science?
151170 -
151171 -
151172 -      ..
151173 -     How does MindSet work?
151174 -
151175 -     MindSet assumes that we record "mental levers" to help us
151176 -     reexperience our thoughts. MindSet guides us how to structure our
151177 -     mental levers in a single table.  We identify the rows of this
151178 -     table with our thoughts.  We identify the columns of our table
151179 -     with basic kinds of mental levers.  MindSet then offers concrete
151180 -     ways to format our table.  One such format is CSV.
151181 -
151182 -         Would like an example using correspondence, per below.
151183 -         ref SDS 0 VD4J
151184 -
151185 -
151186 -
151187 -  ..
151188 - MindSet Guidelines
151189 -
151190 -     We recognize our thoughts within our material.  We wish to
151191 -     methodically direct our thinking with material we have accumulated
151192 -     and structured.  We therefore need the ability to recognize our
151193 -     thoughts, stable states within our thinking.
151194 -
151195 -     ....
151196 -     ..
151197 -     We define Intents structurally.  In what follows, let I be a
151198 -     choice of Intent.  Let S be the set of thoughts with Intent I. Let
151199 -     V be the set of values of FromID and ToID for all thoughts in S.
151200 -     Let X, Y, Z, A, B, C, A1, A2, ..., An be values in V.  We write
151201 -     Y=>Z if there exists a thought in S with FromID=Y and ToID=Z.  We
151202 -     write Y>>>Z if there exists a sequence of values A1, A2, ..., An
151203 -     with n>=1 such that Y=>A1, A1=>A2, ... , An=>Z.
151204 -
151205 -         Would like an example of how this might help bake a cake,
151206 -         mow the lawn, prepare for a meeting, etc.
151207 -
151208 -
151209 -  ..
151210 - Organizing Thoughts into Sequences, Hierarchies, and Networks
151211 -
151212 -     http://www.ms.lt/ms/projects/structurekinds/paper052499.html
151213 - ...
151214 -
151215 - One criterion for defining SHN structures is the preference of writers
151216 - who use different features of software to organize notes in different
151217 - ways.  Unfortunately, the effects of the structures are most apparent
151218 - when working on an overwhelming body of notes, and few writers use
151219 - software for open ended projects.  The lack of a standard for the
151220 - import and export of structured notes hinders the use of such software
151221 - for large projects, and retards its development (Section 3).  There is
151222 - a need for alternative criteria to define at least a preliminary
151223 - format for the exchange of sequences, hierarchies, and networks of
151224 - notes.
151225 -     ..
151226 -     The work here on providing structure to information is very
151227 -     useful, particularly in identifying various forms of structure.
151228 -
151229 -     Would like to see an example applying these ideas on using the
151230 -     mental levers discussed above. ref SDS 0 FE5F
151231 -
151232 -     Correspondence on the Minciu Sodas web site, for example...
151233 -
151234 -          http://www.egroups.com/message/ourownthoughts/364
151235 -
151236 -     ...does not immediately make clear how these ideas are applied.
151237 -
151238 -
151239 -  ..
151240 - Developing Import/Export Standards for Aggregates of Notes
151241 -
151242 -
151243 -      http://www.ms.lt/ms/projects/formatkinds/990917shn.html
151244 -
151245 -    [On 001130 import/edit facilities proposed for upper level of
151246 -    3-layer KM architecture. ref SDS 62 KN9F
151247 -
151248 - MindSet says...
151249 -
151250 - Abstract:  Different kinds of writing promote different kinds of
151251 - thinking. Functional, anthropological, psychological, and
151252 - philosophical criteria can be applied to define sequences,
151253 - hierarchies, and networks so that they accord with their use in
151254 - working with thoughts. The transfer of irrelevant structural
151255 - information can distort and cloud thinking. Separate formats should
151256 - exist for handling unstructured thoughts (emphasizing punctuation),
151257 - structured thoughts (emphasizing manipulation), and restructured
151258 - thoughts (emphasizing visualization).  There is a need for a standard
151259 - for the import and export of sequences, hierarchies, and networks.
151260 -
151261 - MindSet says continues...
151262 -
151263 - Writing down thoughts in a computer on a daily basis over several
151264 - years can yield a collection of ten thousand notes. Unfortunately,
151265 - notes get trapped when software products are discontinued, as happened
151266 - even with the best of products, such as Lotus Agenda and Netmanage
151267 - Ecco. There is a need for an import/export standard for sequences,
151268 - hierarchies, and networks of notes.  As things stand, individual and
151269 - corporate users cannot risk using these products for long term
151270 - projects, and so the products are not generating the revenues nor
151271 - satisfying the challenges that might fuel their maturation.
151272 -
151273 -     ..
151274 -    MindSet Import/Export Supports Critical Issue for DKR
151275 -
151276 -    This is another strong feature of Mindset that seems to address the
151277 -    challenge of maintaining "legacy" records, which was cited by
151278 -    Nicholas Carrol and Henry van Eykan on 000812. ref SDS 59 E9R2
151279 -
151280 -    The letter to the team on 001116 suggests that import/export
151281 -    capability cited by MindSet is a paramount concern to Doug in
151282 -    advocating open source development. ref SDS 61 016N
151283 -
151284 -    On 001025 Doug Engelbart submitted an OHS Launch Plan that devotes
151285 -    considerable attention to defining a Hyperscope that sounds like it
151286 -    addresses part of the import/export issues MindSet points out.
151287 -    ref SDS 60 A5U6  Mindset might accomplish the conversion of Augment
151288 -    files, also, set as a goal on 001025. ref SDS 60 V9S1
151289 -
151290 -        [On 001130 Jack Park cites import/editing as key feature of
151291 -        KM. ref SDS 62 KN9F
151292 -
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