CONTACTS 
0201 - The George Washington University
020101 - Mr. Paul S. Prueitt, PhD
020102 - Knowledge Scientist
020104 - Computer Science Department

SUBJECTS
Ontology Collaboration Email AI Web Pages AI Use Software
Ontology Metadata Added to Information Identifies Subjects Categories
Ontology Complex Difficult to Support with Technology Intelligence Kn
Prueitt, Paul S. Ph.D. Knowledge Scientist Professor of Mathematics
Work Headed in Right Direction for KM Rod's Letter to Prueitt
Russia Research Semiotics Guide Paul's Work in Ontology
Semiotics Peircy Guide Paul's Work in Ontology
Funding by Government and Industry Driven by Common Sense

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1511 - Summary/Objective
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151201 - Follow up ref SDS 17 0000. ref SDS 4 0000.
151202 -
151203 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Paul responding to the letter yesterday
151204 - with questions on Paul's work and on his initiative asking for
151205 - participation in communication on KM.  Paul does not address questions
151206 - on his letter yesterday; today, he asks why his work was judged to be
151207 - "headed in the right direction," ref SDS 0 H64F, and further requests
151208 - comment on a proposed Manhatten project to develop Knowledge Science,
151209 - per below. ref SDS 0 RJ52
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151212 - Responded with email connected to this record citing pending questions
151213 - in the record on 030426. ref SDS 17 SC40
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151215 -       [On 030428 removed name from Paul's project. ref SDS 19 LR34
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151218 - Paul says today......
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151220 -    1.  I could not really get the context of the comments (see below).
151221 -        ref DRT 1 0001
151223 -  ..
151224 - Paul seems to be saying here that he could not follow the context of
151225 - comments on his work shown in the record on 030426. ref SDS 17 YN83
151226 - Difficulty following "context" of comments would be easier to resolve
151227 - if some context were provided in Paul's letter by citing a few of the
151228 - comments that caused difficulty.  Perhaps there was not enough time
151229 - for this step using tools popularly available.  Explicit links solve
151230 - this problem by making context fast and easy to connect into a web of
151231 - knowledge showing sequence of cause and effect.  On 020618 Gary
151232 - Johnson reported that explicit links in SDS make providing context
151233 - fast and easy. ref SDS 11 MU6H
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151237 -  ..
151238 - Funding Research in KM is Driven by Common Sense Not Rationality
151239 - Research in Russia and in Semiotics Guide Paul's Work on Ontology
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151241 - Paul continues...
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151243 -    2.  The work that I am reporting
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151245 -        http://www.bcngroup.org/area3/pprueitt/book.htm
151246 -
151247 -        ...is not simply my own but is derived from Russian Applied
151248 -        Semiotics and Western cognitive and quantum neuroscience.  The
151249 -        manuscript that I have on the web cites over a hundred other
151250 -        scholars.  We are looking for community, in a circumstance
151251 -        where there is something not rational about what is, and is
151252 -        NOT, funded by government and business. ref DRT 1 FY5L
151254 -  ..
151255 - Funding by government, industry, non-profits and by individuals at
151256 - home and on the job is generally driven by common sense, as explained
151257 - in NWO. ref OF 7 4235
151261 -  ..
151262 - Participating in another "community" is analysed in the record on
151263 - 030426. ref SDS 17 TJ6K
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151266 - Paul continues....
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151268 -    3.  The innovation flavor in differential ontology and formative
151269 -        ontology are largely of my own invention...  a few others (or
151270 -        perhaps none) have published on the notion of tri-level
151271 -        informational organization. ref DRT 1 K16M
151273 -  ..
151274 - Introducing terms like "differential ontology," which was reviewed
151275 - yesterday, ref SDS 17 J44N, and "tri-level informational organization"
151276 - need links to examples that illustrate application in order to clarify
151277 - meaning.
151279 -  ..
151280 - Paul continues....
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151282 -    4.  In the tri-level computational architectures, the formative
151283 -        ontology is formed under the constraint of ecological
151284 -        affordances and is aggregated in a way consistent with Peircean
151285 -        Unified Logic Vision (atoms and compounds exists at two
151286 -        separated levels and universal laws governs how atoms are
151287 -        aggregated into wholes having meaning that the atoms separately
151288 -        do not have ). ref DRT 1 F37H
151290 -  ..
151291 - On 000515 Peirce's work on semiotics was reviewed, and seemed to show
151292 - correlation between "knowledge" and "experience." ref SDS 6 0042
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151295 - Paul explains more about tri-level...
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151297 -    5.  However, this tri-level reflects closely Finn's quasi axiomatic
151298 -        theory.  The tri-level is not reducible to a single coherent
151299 -        theory  - where coherence is measured in logical positivist
151300 -        terms.  So it is NOT reductionist. ref DRT 1 448F
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151303 -    6.  This tri-level is being implemented in computer code and with
151304 -        patented encoding and processes. ref DRT 1 548K
151306 -  ..
151307 - Look forward to seeing work product on Paul's project, as set out in
151308 - the record on 030426. ref SDS 17 JZ5I
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SUBJECTS
Prueitt Asks How Rod Knows or Judged that Prueitt's Work is Headed in

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200302 - Experience Doing KM Yields Clues about What Works for KM
200303 - Prueitt Writings Cite Important Ideas Taking KM in Right Direction
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200305 - Paul continues....
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200307 -    7.  I have a question for you.  How do you think you can judge this
200308 -        work and say that it is in the right direction.  How might you
200309 -        know?  The question has two parts.  (1) how do you know if the
200310 -        work is the right direction without having read very much of
200311 -        this work?  (2) What is you won background that would allow you
200312 -        to make a judgment? ref DRT 1 R49G
200314 -  ..
200315 - Judgement is common in human life, and is routinely explained in jury
200316 - instructions, which call for aligning facts in evidence (which in
200317 - Paul's work occurs through careful attention to literature) shown by a
200318 - transcript, and is weighed against personal experience, as related in
200319 - the record on 950204. ref SDS 3 WT5J  POIMS describes a practice of
200320 - deliberative analysis that strengthens judgement outside the courtroom.
200321 - ref OF 4 2300  In this case, 20 years experience using SDS for doing
200322 - Knowledge Management yields clues about tools and practices for
200323 - "knowing" what works for developing KM support capabilities.
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200326 - Paul continues....
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200328 -    8.  I think that you have good answers to these questions.  But I
200329 -        would also like to hear them. ref DRT 1 I49N
200331 -  ..
200332 - Communication Metrics posits that "listening" is a core dimension of
200333 - good management because it aids knowledge formation, as related in the
200334 - record on 890809. ref SDS 2 CJ9J  POIMS explains that biological
200335 - hearing and seeing, per se, do not yield listening and understanding.
200336 - ref OF 5 1106
200338 -  ..
200339 - The record on 030406 cites reasons for believing Paul's work is
200340 - "headed in the right direction" based on....
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200342 -      Biblography Step Toward Connecting Relevance in Knowledge Space
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200344 -        a.  Links in Paul's papers show progress on transformation from
200345 -            documents to Knowledge Space that enables people to quickly
200346 -            verify accuracy and orient new information in the context
200347 -            of relevant experience, commonly called an audit trail,
200348 -            alignment, and traceability to original sources.
200349 -            ref SDS 17 OB9O  Better accuracy and better understanding
200350 -            of context saves time and money and lives, especially in
200351 -            national security, reviewed on 010911. ref SDS 10 YNGH
200352 -            Paul's work product that uses links to an entire source
200353 -            document following traditional biblography practices has a
200354 -            ways to go but seems headed in the direction of linking to
200355 -            relevant context. Ideas for bridging the gap between IT and
200356 -            KM were reported on 030426. ref SDS 17 MO4I
200357 -
200358 -               [On 030510 Gary Johnson provides another example of
200359 -               people beginning to use citations and footnotes in a
200360 -               biblography as a step toward explicit links that enable
200361 -               transformation from IT to a culture of knowledge.
200362 -               ref SDS 20 0001
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200365 -      Work Role for Ontology Step Toward Role for Knowledge Management
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200367 -        b.  Chapter 12 in "Foundations for Knowledge Science in the
200368 -            21st Century" appears to support a new work role for
200369 -            organizing the record. ref SDS 17 L55F  USACE reported on
200370 -            971007 that ROI for this work is 10:1. ref DRP 1 7400
200371 -            Saving time and money is generally the right direction.
200373 -       ..
200374 -      Operating System Step Toward Spreadsheet for Knowledge
200375 -
200376 -        c.  BNCGroup.org cites "The Knowledge Operating System And
200377 -            Formative Ontology."  Review on 030426 indicates potential
200378 -            alignment with using a spreadsheet for knowledge that
200379 -            enables an operating system for people and organizations.
200380 -            ref SDS 17 SW4G  This is a good direction for KM.
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SUBJECTS
Manhatten Project for KM Proposed
Manhattan Project KM Requires Clues Based on Science Like Einstein Th
Manhattan Project Uses Best Brightest Focus Resources Solve Technical

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420502 - Manhatten Project for KM Requires Accepted Theory of Knowledge
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420504 - Follow up ref SDS 12 0001, ref SDS 13 HV7M.
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420506 - Paul continues....
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420508 -    9.  I propose that the Manhattan type project is necessary in order
420509 -        that the fundamentalism of reductionist science, fundamental
420510 -        religious beliefs and pure capitalism be put into a proper
420511 -        place along with a more complex view of the social world that
420512 -        allows diversity and deeper moral treatment.  What do you say?
420513 -        ref DRT 1 Y44H
420515 -            ..
420516 -           http://www.bcngroup.org/admin/technologyReviews/ExecutiveRoundtable.htm
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420519 -   10.  The Manhattan Project to Establish the Knowledge Sciences is
420520 -        then the project that is being proposed. ref DRT 1 I55G
420522 -  ..
420523 - "Manhatten" project for knowledge science is an important initiative
420524 - that was introduced into the record on 020710. ref SDS 12 0001
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420527 - Analysis in NWO shows that human cognition is largely a mystery in the
420528 - work place, ref OF 11 7055, and so needs the kind of professional
420529 - research demonstrated by Paul's work reviewed yesterday on 030426.
420530 - ref SDS 17 UF7K  Paul's leadership therefore deserves support.
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420533 - Challenges applying a "Manhatten" project model to KM are reviewed on
420534 - 020710. ref SDS 12 GP95  Later on 020718 research indicates there is
420535 - not enough knowledge to develop knowledge management, and so far the
420536 - will has not been demonstrated to do the work needed to acquire that
420537 - knowledge. ref SDS 13 ZE4G
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