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

SUBJECTS
Difficult KM Hard to Design, Not Understood
Joslyn Paper on KM Hypergraph-Based Representations for Portable Knowledge Management
Peer Review Frustrating Failure to Address Substance
Feedback Feared Deferred Reward May Lose Opportunity
KM Paper Improved by Suggestions to Define KM, Provide Examples of Im
KM File Format to Replace PDF and MS Word
PDF Not Effective for KM
Hypergraph-Based Representations for Portable Knowledge Management En
Peirce, Charles, Semiotics Existential Graphs Similar to Conceptual G
MS Word Not Used for Preparing Cliff's Formal Papers
Meaning Drift Reverses Meaning Causing Havoc Without Alignment With i
Culture Knowledge Foster to Transition from IT to KM
Theory of Knowledge Chronology Causation Experience
XML Helpful, No Easy Solution Knowledge Repesentation, Paul Fernhout
XML Limitations, Xanadu, Nelson
XML Not for Storage nor Knowledge Representation
LaTeX Wordprocessing for Engineering Technical Work, 010131
XML Limitations, Xanadu, Nelson
Wordprocessing Not Effective File Format for KM

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2921 -    ..
2922 - Summary/Objective
2923 -
292301 - Follow up ref SDS 75 0000, ref SDS 74 0000.
292302 -
292303 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Cliff responding to the follow up letter
292304 - to Cliff yesterday, ref DIP 13 0001 confirming suggestions for
292305 - improving his paper on KM. ref SDS 75 KX4M
292306 - ..
292307 - Today, Cliff says the letter yesterday, ref SDS 75 N23K,
292308 - definitely offers good suggestions, ref DRT 1 4Z6O, citing....
292309 -
292310 -  1.  Explain how implementation of the ideas in your KM paper will
292311 -      improve daily work.  Just give a few examples of how you are
292312 -      working now, and how it will be improved by applying your vision
292313 -      of the future.  This defines the "problem at hand," which you
292314 -      want to solve. ref DIP 13 PT7F
292315 -
292316 -          ...which cites the original analysis on 010126. ref SDS 74
292317 -          I55F and ref SDS 74 P39G, and presented again yesterday.
292318 -          ref SDS 75 N23K
292320 -       ..
292321 -  2.  A short explanation in the beginning that distinguishes KM from
292322 -      IT will further orient your audience. ref DIP 13 T27N
292323 -
292324 -          ...which cites original analysis on 010126. ref SDS 74 6U7H
292325 -          and discussed agaon on 010130. ref SDS 75 YN4H
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292329 -  ..
292330 - Flexible Structure Natural Organization Needed for KM
292331 - File Format for KM Not Available; Text Provides Common Exchange
292332 -
292333 - Cliff points out that HTML has less of the disadvantages cited for PDF
292334 - but is not appropriate for long or technical works.  He sees the point
292335 - that PDF does not support efficient KM work, but believes MS Word is
292336 - not preferable, so he wants a suggestion about what format to adopt
292337 - that does support KM. ref DRT 1 F37G
292338 -
292339 -     1.  Disadvantages of PDF are generally discussed in the letter,
292340 -         ref DIP 13 DO8N, issued yesterday, ref SDS 75 2939, using
292341 -         analysis on 010126. ref SDS 74 V2RY
292343 -          ..
292344 -     2.  Why is HTML not appropriate for long or technical works?
292345 -
292347 -  ..
292349 -  ..
292350 - Cliff's question about what file format to use for KM has been the
292351 - primary focus of Doug's OHS/DKR team meeting at SRI this past year,
292352 - and it seems to be a big part of Cliff's current paper on knowledge
292353 - representation.  Inability to address this issue in a constructive way
292354 - is why other KM efforts have failed, reported on 000324, ref SDS 30
292355 - 4877, most recently IBM on 001130. ref SDS 70 F26K
292357 -  ..
292358 - The record so far seems to show....
292359 -
292360 -      Text (ASCI) supports universal representation and flexible
292361 -      structure that can be processed by SDS, HTML, XML, SGML,
292362 -      wordprocessing, etc.   Morris mentioned the other day that SDS
292363 -      files can be read on a Linux computer.  Universal representation
292364 -      is an important part of KM.  On 980405 Morris noted that a text
292365 -      editor is a better tool for an executive to do analysis, than
292366 -      trying to use a wordprocessor, because fast, flexible structure
292367 -      is more important to analysis than appearance. ref SDS 19 2156
292369 -       ..
292370 -      HTML has advantages of being easily converted to and from text,
292371 -      and supports browser technology for rendering text in a visually
292372 -      more appealing representation.  HTML files can be managed by SDS
292373 -      for KM and Communication Metrics, because SDS can link directly
292374 -      to relevent information in the file.
292376 -       ..
292377 -      XML has been promoted by the OHS/DKR team, and others, as an
292378 -      improved form of HTML that may permit sufficient structure to
292379 -      support KM in the manner SDS manages text.
292380 -
292381 -         On 000405 XML was reported inadequate for KM. ref SDS 32 5977
292382 -         More recently on 001124 another engineer "expert" on XML
292383 -         confirmed the earlier report. ref SDS 69 0001
292385 -          ..
292386 -         On 000423 Eric Armstrong suggests ideas for "atomic data
292387 -         structures." ref SDS 33 4933
292389 -          ..
292390 -         On 000425 Sandy Klausner promoted atomic data structures.
292391 -         ref SDS 34 0002  On 000624 Sandy had not worked out this
292392 -         solution. ref SDS 42 TK6F
292394 -          ..
292395 -         On 000505 Eric submits requirements for OHS editor based on
292396 -         XML, Atomic Data Structures, and Catagories. ref SDS 37 0001
292398 -          ..
292399 -         On 000623 Jack Park proposes ideas for ontology, ref SDS 41
292400 -         EK3W,
292402 -          ..
292403 -         On 001130 Jack proposed improving SDS by creating an engine to
292404 -         create links and ontologies. ref SDS 71 0001
292406 -          ..
292407 -         On 001017 Eric plans to release code soon for an editor that
292408 -         solves knowledge representation problem of KM. ref SDS 65 0001
292409 -         On 001018 snag in architecture. ref SDS 66 M4W7  On 001106
292410 -         release of code delayed to resolve snag. ref SDS 67 0001  On
292411 -         001122 report that problems too difficult to solve.
292412 -         ref SDS 68 0001
292414 -       ..
292415 -      SGML is another form of XML.
292417 -       ..
292418 -      Wordprocessing, like MS Word, provides a visually appealing
292419 -      representation that includes pictures and graphs, but does not
292420 -      support the structure required for KM, discussed on 000106.
292421 -      ref SDS 27 1609 A wordprocessing file can, in some respects, be
292422 -      converted to HTML for display in a browser, and wordprocessing
292423 -      has a lot of support for printing.  However, printing will be
292424 -      needed less in a future world of KM.  Most wordprocessing files
292425 -      can be converted to text, which then be managed by SDS for KM and
292426 -      Communication Metrics.
292427 - ..
292428 - This record shows a technology is not yet available for a file
292429 - format that supports the flexible structure needed for SDS to provide
292430 - KM, as explained in POIMS, ref OF 1 M17I, and cited by Bill DeHart on
292431 - 000709, ref SDS 44 PQ6G, and, also, provides visual attributes of
292432 - HTML, XML and Wordprocessing.
292434 -  ..
292435 - The record on 000425 supports this point, ref SDS 35 0480, based on
292436 - prior discussions with Morris on 000106. ref SDS 27 1609
292438 -  ..
292439 - Therefore, for the near term, in order to support KM, we need to get
292440 - information into a text mode that works with SDS, because it is the
292441 - only KM program available, per work on 000425. ref SDS 35 0480
292443 -  ..
292444 - SDS makes it fast and easy to generate and convert a structured body
292445 - of information into HTML for attractive display and distribution on
292446 - the Internet, as planned on 971021. ref SDS 14 3636 and 971108.
292447 - ref SDS 15 1459
292448 - ..
292449 - This is not the perfect solution, but we should not sacrafice
292450 - the "good," by waiting for perfection that may never come, at least in
292451 - our lifetime.
292453 -  ..
292454 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 explaining I do not use MS Word, but it is
292455 - easy to convert Word files into text, which can be used with SDS, and
292456 - then easily converted to HTML for delivering intelligence anytime,
292457 - anywhere on the web.
292458 -
292459 -     [On 010202 Morris confirms LaTeX can be converted to text.
292460 -     ref SDS 76 0001
292462 -  ..
292463 - Explain perceived advantage of PDF for maintaining integrity of
292464 - original work is overwhelmed by disadvantage of mistakes caused by
292465 - meaning drift which result in delays, extra cost and stress, when work
292466 - is not aligned with original sources, that makes truth a secret from
292467 - people doing the work, ref DIT 1 HB7H, per POIMS. ref OF 1 0476
292468 - ..
292469 - Culture of knowledge can be fostered by Cliff's paper,
292470 - ref DIT 1 FE8J, confirming the letter on 010126. ref SDS 74 4K5G
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