THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
rodwelch@pacbell.net


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: January 30, 2001 03:18 PM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Cliff Joslyn responds to comments on KM research paper.

1...Summary/Objective
2...KM Needs Theory of Knowledge that Distinguishes from IT
3...KM Must Transition from Documents to Knowledge Space


..............
Click here to comment!

CONTACTS 
0201 - Los Alamos National Laboratory                                                                                                                                     O-00000755 0602
020101 - Mr. Cliff Joslyn; 505 667 9096                                                                                                                                   O-00000755 0602
020103 - Computer Research Group (CIC-3)                                                                                                                                  O-00000755 0602

SUBJECTS
Difficult KM Hard to Design, Not Understood
Joslyn Paper on KM Hypergraph-Based Representations for Portable Knowle  e Management
Peer Review Frustrating Failure to Address Substance
Feedback Feared Deferred Reward May Lose Opportunity
Hypergraph-Based Representations for Portable Knowledge Management En
PDF Universal Format Formal Papers Supports Confidentiality Preserves
LaTex Program Used to Prepare Cliff's Paper, Not MS Word
MS Word Not Used for Preparing Cliff's Formal Papers
Temporal Representations Not Covered, Will Be in Next Version of HBRP
Experience Forms Logic and Knowledge, Semiotic Theory
Theory of Knowledge Distinguish KM from IT for HBRPKME Paper
Work Practrice Improved by KM Provide Examples for HBRPKME Paper
PDF Popular But Not Efficient for KM, People Used Horses But Eventual
Paperless Office Webmail Fear Responsibility Accountability Avoid Lin
Print Prefered Familiar Way of Working Need Experience to Discover Ne

2617 -
2617 -    ..
2618 - Summary/Objective
2619 -
261901 - Follow up ref SDS 52 0000, ref SDS 49 0000.
261902 -
261903 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Cliff responding to comments in the
261904 - record on 010126 concerning Cliff's excellent paper submitted by his
261905 - letter, ref DRP 2 0001 from Cliff transmitting a PDF file that has a
261906 - draft of a paper he prepared on Knowledge Management (KM). ref DRP 2
261907 - 0002
261908 -
261909 -
261910 -             Hypergraph-Based Representations for Portable
261911 -                  Knowledge Management Environments:
261913 -  ..
261914 - Cliff says he is not sure what the objection is to PDF, since this is
261915 - a universal print format, you can copy text from them, and their
261916 - non-editability is an advantage in distributing potentially
261917 - protectable work like this. ref DRT 1 OD5O
261919 -  ..
261920 - Cliff's paper was written in LaTeX, and he prefers that a version is
261921 - never available in MS Word. ( 1/2 ;-> ). ref DRT 1 SF6L
261922 -
261923 -     The record on 010126 says it takes too much time to comment
261924 -     constructively using a PDF file. ref SDS 52 IS4G
261925 -
261926 -     Cliff makes a good point that PDF protects the integrity of the
261927 -     original material.
261929 -  ..
261930 - Cliff wanted comments on specific ideas in his paper, rather than
261931 - references to Welch KM theory. ref DRT 1 TD6O
261932 -
261933 -     Submitted letter to Cliff apologizing for not providing comments
261934 -     on substantive points Cliff wants addressed, and note it is hard
261935 -     to avoid applyng experience doing KM in commenting on a paper
261936 -     about developing KM capability. ref DIT 1 0001
261937 -
261938 -     NWO notes challenge of providing effective feedback, and applying
261939 -     feedback constructively. ref OF 3 2670
261941 -  ..
261942 - He says the record on 010126 noted that his paper does not speak to
261943 - "temporal representations," and that he had previously agreed such
261944 - temporal representations are critical for KM.   Cliff confirms this
261945 - understanding is correct, and says "temporal representations" are
261946 - supported in semantic hyperwebs as a link type with the property of
261947 - having a total order. This can be called out in a future version.
261948 - ref DRT 1 008N
261949 -
261950 -      Actually, the record on 010126 does not expressly use the phrase
261951 -      "temporal representations."  Based on the context of Cliff's
261952 -      letter today, this may relate to the record on 010126 that notes
261953 -      Cliff does not address time as a factor of knowledge. ref SDS 52
261954 -      ER7M
261956 -  ..
261957 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to Cliff apologizing for not commenting on
261958 - the substance of Cliff's paper, in the record on 010126.  From
261959 - personal experience, I would love to get substantive comments from
261960 - Cliff and others on POIMS, NWO, and ideas for KM research submitted to
261961 - Cliff on 001013, ref SDS 48 0001, as noted in the record on 010126.
261962 - ref SDS 52 YM8I
261963 -
261964 - Cite Peirce, who developed semiotics and existential graphs, which are
261965 - similar to conceptual graphs, proposed by Cliff, to show importance of
261966 - experience in formulating a useful defintion of "knowledge",
261967 - ref DIT 1 3R6J, shown in the record on 000515. ref SDS 27 0042
261969 -  ..
261970 - Confirm today the recommendation on 010126 that Cliff add explanation
261971 - of how ideas in his paper will improve knowledge work; clarify the
261972 - "problem at hand" which he is solving. ref SDS 52 V8WN  Suggest he
261973 - provide a few scenarios, ref DIT 1 PT7F, per the record on 010126.
261974 - ref SDS 52 P39G
261975 -
261976 -       [On 010131 Cliff approves this recommendation. ref SDS 53 CM5M
261977 -
261979 -  ..
261980 - KM Needs Theory of Knowledge that Distinguishes from IT
261981 -
261982 - Confirm suggestion on 010126 that Clif define KM by setting out
261983 - a theory of knowledge that helps distinguish KM from IT, ref SDS 52
261984 - I55F, and note urgency is evidenced by Cliff's comments on 000723 that
261985 - KM is becoming outdated, ref SDS 33 1804, because it is only a
261986 - marketing buz word, ref DIT 1 T27N, as mentioned by Eric Armstrong on
261987 - 000503. ref SDS 26 5033, which supports analysis on 980226.
261988 - ref SDS 13 2716
261989 -
261990 -       [On 010131 Cliff approves this recommendation. ref SDS 53 CM5M
261991 -
261992 -
261994 -  ..
261995 - KM Must Transition from Documents to Knowledge Space
261996 -
261997 - Try to explain again that working with PDF files is too awkward to do
261998 - the kind of analysis that is normal with SDS. ref DIT 1 DO8N  In fact,
261999 - the record on 010126 submitted to Cliff gives examples of rigorous
262000 - analysis supported by SDS. ref SDS 52 DQ4F
262001 -
262002 - Suggest moving from documents to Knowledge Space based on explanation
262003 - in POIMS. ref OF 1 1107
262004 -
262005 -       [On 010131 Cliff says HTML is not a good medium for long and
262006 -       research papers; he asks for a recommendation that would be
262007 -       compatible with SDS to perform KM. ref SDS 53 LF7M
262008 -
262009 -
262010 -
262011 -
262012 -
262013 -
262014 -
262015 -
Distribution. . . . See "CONTACTS"