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DIARY: December 24, 2000 07:48 PM Sunday; Rod Welch

Attribution important to KM open source development OHS, Gary Johnson.

1...Summary/Objective
2...KM Difficult to Figure out - Xanadu Developed Attribution Technology
3...Attribution Technology Required Decades to Develop


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SUBJECTS
Attribution Key Feature of KM Gaining Participation for Open Source D
Attribution Linking Traceability Original Sources Alignment Intellige
Progress Slow DKR Project People Don't Know What to Do
Attribution Helps Open Source Encouraging Contributions by Volunteers
Progress Slow on DKR Project, Eric Project
Progress Slow Attribution Encourages Participation to Increase Progre
Attribution, Credit, Linking to Original Sources
Attribution Encoursges Participation, Increases Progress Open Source
Xanadu Developed Payment Based on Attribution Key Feature of KM Gaini
Attribution Payment Method Developed Crediting Original Authors, Gary
Payment Attribution Attribution Encoursges Participation, Increases P
Accounting, Bookkeeping Double Entry Feedback Loops
Attribution Credit Recognition Accounting Pattern Language for Contex

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2416 - Summary/Objective
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241701 - Follow up ref SDS 59 0000, ref SDS 58 0000.
241702 -
241703 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Gary Johnson following up his letters to
241704 - the team on...
241705 -
241706 -       001219, ref SDS 38 6A9N on purpose of KM
241707 -       001220, ref SDS 39 BV3W on competency and values
241708 -       001221, ref SDS 40 513O,social problems solved by KM
241710 -  ..
241711 - Actually, not sure this letter is from Gary, but it has important
241712 - ideas.
241714 -  ..
241715 - The letter initially quotes "Gary Johnson," so it is unclear why Gary
241716 - would be quoting himself.
241718 -  ..
241719 - Attribution technology that uses "nodes," ref DRT 1 0001, gives credit
241720 - (also, recognition) for contributing that can increase progress for
241721 - OHS/DKR open source project. ref DRT 1 XO6M
241722 -
241723 -     [On 010408 Gary submits ideas to OHS/DKR on defining KM that
241724 -     support SDS methods explained in POIMS.  Sources for the ideas are
241725 -     not identified. ref SDS 59 FT4N
241727 -      ..
241728 -     [On 041027 attribution to Doug Engelbart for ideas on augmenting
241729 -     intelligence cited in ASB at aerospace company for standard on
241730 -     organizational memory. ref SDS 61 L18O
241732 -  ..
241733 - Ted Nelson developed attribution method of payment in Xanadu.
241734 - ref DRT 1 VJ6G
241735 -
241736 -     There is no work history showing Xanadu supports adequate
241737 -     allocation of credits.
241738 -
241739 -     Xanadu was reviewed on 000305; this feature was not cited.
241740 -     ref SDS 13 0001
241741 -     ..
241742 -     Network bookkeeping was reviewed on 990716, ref SDS 4 LV4K,
241743 -     again on 990804 as a way to allocate rewards to contributors on
241744 -     the Internet. ref SDS 7 4539  On 990802 this is supported by SDS.
241745 -     ref SDS 5 2226
241747 -  ..
241748 - Gary seems to be quoting a prior letter, but attribution of the author
241749 - is missing...
241750 -
241751 -     While monetary compensation could be cool, it could also be a huge
241752 -     damper. Where does the money COME from? If I have to pay, I
241753 -     probably won't quote anybody (cheap bastard that I am). Hell, I'm
241754 -     not good enough right now at acknowledging all the people that
241755 -     give me ideas. Hate to think what it would be like if I (and
241756 -     others) had to pay to do it.), ref DRT 1 WQ8N
241757 -
241758 -     .... I agree that attribution is 100% necessary, I disagree
241759 -     entirely with the notion of tying it to monetary compensation. It
241760 -     runs counter to the social mores of academia where "building a
241761 -     name" is deemed laudable, and where complete and accurate
241762 -     attribution is deemed a necessity. ref DRT 1 6R9K
241763 - ..
241764 - Attribution was recommended by Jim Spohrer in a presentation on
241765 - 000227 during a session of Doug Engelbart's Colloquium at Stanford.
241766 - ref SDS 12 0987
241767 -
241768 -
241770 -  ..
241771 - KM Difficult to Figure out - Xanadu Developed Attribution Technology
241772 - Attribution Technology Required Decades to Develop
241773 -
241774 - Gary notes his view that... Money or no money is totally not the
241775 - point. The point is that the technology for tracking and propagating
241776 - attribution was something that Ted Nelson worked out in Xanadu. What
241777 - you do with the "points" that add up is completely irrelevant to the
241778 - technology needed to support the accounting. I am simply suggesting
241779 - that there is little chance of starting from scratch and successfully
241780 - second guessing an effort that took several decades in development.
241781 - Even if the only point of attribution is traceability to originating
241782 - source, the required technology is the same. ref DRT 1 M34H
241783 -
241784 -     This reflects letter to OHS/DKR team on 001121 explaining that it
241785 -     is difficult to develop KM technology without gaining experience
241786 -     doing KM. ref SDS 31 XU8I
241787 -     ..
241788 -     On 990716 report on NSF project set this goal, ref SDS 4
241789 -     LV4K, but was unable to develop a working implementation.
241790 -     ref SDS 4 3840
241791 -
241792 -        [On 020629 Volitional Partners developing software to support a
241793 -        system of attribution for intellectual capital. ref SDS 60 KA5U
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