CONTACTS 
0201 - The George Washington University                                                                                                                                   O-00000615 0605
020101 - Mr. Paul S. Prueitt, PhD
020102 - Knowledge Scientist
020104 - Computer Science Department                                                                                                                                      O-00000615 0605

SUBJECTS
Second School Semanitc Science Request to Publish Prueitt Work Produ

0603 -
0603 -    ..
0604 - Summary/Objective
0605 -
060501 - Follow up ref SDS 23 0000. ref SDS 22 0000.
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0608 - Progress
0609 -
060901 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 dated 050506 from Paul Prueitt, saying...
060902 -
060903 -    1.  With respects.
060905 -         ..
060906 -    2.  My group is looking to publish a new line of thought about
060907 -        semantic web. ref DRT 1 FB5L
060909 -         ..
060910 -    3.  Please review the attached to see if you would be interested in
060911 -        publishing some of our work. ref DRT 1 EB5O
060912 -
060913 -           http://www.bcngroup.org/area1/2005beads/GIF/RoadMap.htm
060915 -  ..
060916 - Paul made inquiries about SDS and Communication Metrics on 040323.
060917 - ref SDS 23 0001
060919 -  ..
060920 - At that time, I asked Gary to follow up. ref SDS 23 QF5T
060922 -  ..
060923 - Paul does not identify the "group" referenced in his letter, with
060924 - respect to affiliation nor objectives.  Background on BCN is shown
060925 - below. ref SDS 0 XY5H
060927 -  ..
060928 - The paper cited in Paul's letter has title information...
060929 -
060930 -            Global Information Framework and
060931 -            Knowledge Management
060932 -
060933 -            Position Paper
060935 -             ..
060936 -            Updated May 8, 2005, Version 9
060938 -             ..
060939 -            Behavioral Computational Neuroscience Group
060940 -            Development Committee
060942 -  ..
060943 - This fits Paul's title of director for BCN group.
060945 -  ..
060946 - The paper cited in Paul's letter seems to be either a draft or an
060947 - actual proposal to the government to develop "ontology" tools and
060948 - implementation...
060949 -
060950 -        We propose a broad program to establish the intellectual and
060951 -        technology foundation to a science of knowledge systems, and to
060952 -        integrate and deliver to the market place information science
060953 -        based on the proper use of what is called "machine encoded
060954 -        ontology".
060956 -         ..
060957 -        The first delivery of ontology-based technology can be
060958 -        accomplished within a few months, given our previous work and
060959 -        the existing technology components.
060961 -  ..
060962 - This seems to be a proposal by the BCN group.
060963 -
060964 -        BCNGroup scientists recommend a demonstration program that has
060965 -        three parts organized in two phases.
060966 -
060967 -        Phase 1
060969 -         ..
060970 -        A technology integration part
060972 -         ..
060973 -        Phase 2:
060975 -         ..
060976 -        An advanced knowledge management certification part
060978 -         ..
060979 -        An ontology development part.
060981 -  ..
060982 - Executive Overview says in part...
060983 -
060984 -        A human centric information production capability is defined
060985 -        and existing software identified.  A distributed information
060986 -        system enables the real time representation and sharing of
060987 -        human knowledge about situations.   The global information
060988 -        framework is used as a human control interface over complex
060989 -        ontology.
060991 -         ..
060992 -        Example: Aircraft landing at a specific airport will express
060993 -        behavioral patterns.  An airport ontology and aircraft landing
060994 -        ontology is used to provide an interpretation of the
060995 -        behavioral patterns expressed in each landing.  Over time, the
060996 -        observed behavioral patterns lead to early diagnosis of risks.
060997 -        A human looks at the patterns and makes judgments based on
060998 -        personally held tacit knowledge.  New concepts about the
060999 -        patterns are encoded as meta-data.  The patterns themselves
061000 -        are encoded as new behavioral ontology reflecting the history
061001 -        of observations about aircraft landing at a specific airport.
061003 -         ..
061004 -        Inputs come from any reporting-software-system.  An example is
061005 -        US Customs and Border Protection reports on search and
061006 -        targeting operations or administrative rulings on tariff
061007 -        codes.  Inputs can be developed from any event reporting
061008 -        mechanism, whether written reports or reports that involve the
061009 -        manual development or modification of ontology.
061011 -         ..
061012 -        Outputs include a computable and visualizable historical
061013 -        record about situations reported.  The record is expressed as
061014 -        ontology and human visualization of this record is provided.
061015 -
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061020 -  ..
061021 - BCN Group Explanation Organization Revenue Model Products
061022 -
061023 - This says in part...
061024 -
061025 -            BCNGroup Charter
061026 -            First published on February 5, 1997
061028 -             ..
061029 -            By Section:
061031 -                 ..
061032 -                http://www.bcngroup.org/
061033 -
061035 -     ..
061036 -    BCNGroup is a Not-For-Profit Organization based in Virginia.  Our
061037 -    mission directives are;
061038 -
061039 -     •  To create an international communications forum for the
061040 -        understanding, discovery and dissemination of knowledge for
061041 -        the common good.
061043 -         ..
061044 -     •  To create new technologies that synergistically applies
061045 -        computational systems to the automated investigation of
061046 -        artificial and natural systems.
061048 -         ..
061049 -     •  To provide protection for knowledge wealth created by primary
061050 -        scientific investigation.
061052 -         ..
061053 -     •  To hold in trust intellectual property for the common benefit
061054 -        of BCNGroup members and third party developers.
061056 -            ..
061057 -        1) Mission Statement
061058 -
061059 -           Our mission is to create an international
061060 -           communications forum for the understanding, discovery
061061 -           and dissemination of knowledge for the common good.
061063 -            ..
061064 -           To create new technologies that synergistically applies
061065 -           computational systems to the automated investigation of
061066 -           artificial and natural systems.
061068 -            ..
061069 -           To provide protection for knowledge wealth created by
061070 -           primary scientific investigation.
061072 -            ..
061073 -           To hold in trust intellectual property for the common
061074 -           benefit of BCNGroup members and third party developers.
061076 -            ..
061077 -        2) Motivation
061078 -
061079 -           The mechanisms currently available to fund basic
061080 -           science are excessively slow and are wholly inadequate
061081 -           to address the complex time-critical problems we are
061082 -           likely to face in the 21st century.
061084 -            ..
061085 -           This inadequacy arises from an enigma. On the one hand,
061086 -           the very notion of treating scientific knowledge as
061087 -           property is not compatible with the spirit of
061088 -           scientific investigation.
061090 -            ..
061091 -           On the other hand, international intellectual property
061092 -           rights are essential to the free market development of
061093 -           technology.
061095 -            ..
061096 -           Without such protection, intellectual property may be
061097 -           exploited without due compensation or acknowledgment to
061098 -           its author.
061100 -            ..
061101 -        3) Knowledge Capital Formation
061102 -
061103 -           The BCNGroup intends to generate and manage wealth to
061104 -           the greatest extent possible given the above
061105 -           constraints.
061107 -            ..
061108 -           This wealth will consist of two distinct types of
061109 -           knowledge capital:
061110 -
061111 -                  (i) Public knowledge wealth and
061112 -
061113 -                 (ii) The BCN inventory of intellectual capital.
061115 -                ..
061116 -           a)  Public Knowledge Wealth:
061117 -
061118 -               Public wealth is created by placing the results of
061119 -               investigations of contributing scientists into a
061120 -               knowledge base.  Practitioners may apply this
061121 -               knowledge in whatever manner they deem appropriate.
061122 -               Such knowledge will be secured for the purpose of
061123 -               insuring complete public access to basic
061124 -               discoveries..
061126 -                ..
061127 -               Common law states that when results from a
061128 -               scientific investigation are publicly disclosed,
061129 -               previous to filing a government application to
061130 -               recognize private ownership of the intellectual
061131 -               property, the results are forever made part of the
061132 -               public domain.  In this case, no one has legal
061133 -               authority to restrict the use of this property and
061134 -               the application for private ownership should be
061135 -               denied.  In simple terms this means that if
061136 -               knowledge is published at a time when no legal
061137 -               protection exists for individual ownership of that
061138 -               knowledge, then that knowledge is owned in common by
061139 -               the public body.
061141 -                ..
061142 -               This principle in common law is being constantly
061143 -               eroded.  To insure that this common law principle is
061144 -               not further degraded, the BCNGroup will follow each
061145 -               BCNGroup public disclosure of new scientific
061146 -               knowledge with specific procedures that are designed
061147 -               to clarify what are allowable targets for the
061148 -               creation of private intellectual property.
061150 -                ..
061151 -               The BCNGroup will help identify well-defined
061152 -               access points for third party development of
061153 -               new technologies. A consortium relationship
061154 -               will be maintained that is designed to transfer
061155 -               scientific work into technology, but with
061156 -               reasonable attribution to the origins of the
061157 -               scientific work.
061159 -                ..
061160 -           b)  The BCN Inventory of Intellectual Capital:
061161 -
061162 -               The BCNGroup will establish a new independent
061163 -               science funding process that will generate wealth by
061164 -               entering into agreements with its member scientists
061165 -               and third party developers.  In this way, BCNGroup
061166 -               scientists will work with entrepreneurs in migrating
061167 -               theories from a scientific investigation (proof of
061168 -               principle) phase to a development (proof of product,
061169 -               or prototyping) phase.
061171 -                ..
061172 -               The resulting financial wealth will provide an
061173 -               increasing flow of capital to the science community
061174 -               and will be held in trust by the BCNGroup.  The
061175 -               Scientific Council of the BCNGroup will manage the
061176 -               redistribution of this wealth in part by
061177 -               contributing to the health of the science community
061178 -               in the form of yearly prizes for Research Excellence
061179 -               and Technology Innovation.
061181 -                ..
061182 -               Regardless of how much scientific data the BCNGroup
061183 -               publishes, the proof of product phase resides in the
061184 -               personal abilities of an individual or team of
061185 -               scientists.
061187 -                ..
061188 -               To ensure that maximal benefit of a discovery is
061189 -               extended to society, third party agreements will
061190 -               stipulate a time threshold for product introduction
061191 -               (this condition is frequently applied in technology
061192 -               transfer agreements between government and
061193 -               industry).  Under the agreement, if a product is not
061194 -               introduced within a specified time frame, the
061195 -               non-disclosure and non-compete restrictions are
061196 -               lifted and the scientist(s) are free to enter into
061197 -               agreements with other third parties to commercialize
061198 -               the technology.  The same agreements can be made
061199 -               with respect to specific market sectors
061201 -            ..
061202 -        4) Responsibilities
061203 -
061204 -           The BCNGroup assumes certain responsibilities
061205 -           commensurate with its role in holding a public trust.
061206 -           These responsibilities are implicitly defined by the
061207 -           BCNGroup Mission Statement and are interpreted by the
061208 -           Founding Committee to include the following:
061210 -                ..
061211 -           a)  To freely share knowledge capital through public
061212 -               disclosure of basic research and proof of principle
061213 -               results, except in special cases where prohibited by
061214 -               law.
061216 -                ..
061217 -           b)  To contract with third parties to develop specific
061218 -               applications of knowledge capital.
061220 -                ..
061221 -           c)  To identify opportunities for BCNGroup-mediated
061222 -               projects that transforms value from knowledge
061223 -               capital built upon scientific principles to
061224 -               privately owned items of intellectual property.
061226 -                ..
061227 -           d)  To identify and configure the resources for
061228 -               responding to technology transfer opportunities.
061230 -                ..
061231 -               In order to successfully carry out these
061232 -               responsibilities, the BCNGroup will:
061234 -                ..
061235 -           e)  Build and maintain a knowledge base that allows
061236 -               rapid identification and access to the knowledge
061237 -               resources of the group.
061239 -                ..
061240 -           f)  Provide a communications, legal and social
061241 -               infrastructure that enables the rapid creation and
061242 -               dissemination of knowledge.
061244 -                ..
061245 -           g)  Establish and manage contractual agreements with
061246 -               member scientists and third parties in order to
061247 -               quickly respond to business opportunities.
061249 -            ..
061250 -        5) Organizational Structure
061251 -
061252 -           In order to maintain the ability to evolve and quickly
061253 -           adapt to unforeseen events and outcomes, the BCNGroup
061254 -           will configure itself to operate as a virtual
061255 -           enterprise.
061257 -            ..
061258 -           Its members will work together to seek out
061259 -           opportunities, to make discoveries and to freely share
061260 -           basic results. Its members will form contracts with
061261 -           third parties to develop specific products in a way
061262 -           that does not limit but rather enhances public access
061263 -           to basic scientific discoveries.
061265 -            ..
061266 -           The BCNGroup itself will be a testbed for the
061267 -           formation, operation and reconfiguration of virtual
061268 -           enterprise. It has formally incorporated as a
061269 -           non-profit organization, and will seek maximum freedom
061270 -           in making decisions regarding its activities.
061272 -            ..
061273 -           The BCNGroup will create new concepts on how scientific
061274 -           research can be independently funded and how knowledge
061275 -           can be disseminated.
061277 -            ..
061278 -           The BCNGroup will strive to serve as a prototype for
061279 -           how business and science communities interact in the
061280 -           21st century.
061282 -            ..
061283 -           One aspect of the testbed will be the implementation of
061284 -           a multilingual-shared knowledge base. This will make
061285 -           the BCNGroup's corporate knowledge available to members
061286 -           and subscribers via the worldwide web.
061288 -            ..
061289 -           The knowledge base will initially consist of a gray
061290 -           literature collection hyper-linked to a multilingual
061291 -           (language independent) concept space.
061293 -            ..
061294 -           This resource will be maintained at a central facility
061295 -           for the collection and dissemination of new and
061296 -           existing research in the fields of Behavioral and
061297 -           Computational Neuropsychology (BCN), and Applied
061298 -           Semiotics and Intelligence Systems (ASIS).
061300 -            ..
061301 -           Additional fields for supported investigations will be
061302 -           specified in the future.
061304 -            ..
061305 -        6) The BCN Prime Directive
061306 -
061307 -           All projects undertaken by the BCNGroup, without a
061308 -           third party, will be for the sole purpose of proof of
061309 -           principle and will not be targeted at the development
061310 -           of a commercial product.
061312 -            ..
061313 -           Projects undertaken for the purpose of a proof of
061314 -           product will require a formal contractual agreement
061315 -           with an independent third party.
061317 -            ..
061318 -           The purpose of the BCN Prime Directive is to encourage
061319 -           both the widespread dissemination of new knowledge and
061320 -           the development of new technology by third parties.
061322 -            ..
061323 -        7) Projects
061324 -
061325 -           As a virtual enterprise, the BCNGroup will configure
061326 -           itself to respond to selected opportunities as they are
061327 -           presented.
061329 -            ..
061330 -           The BCNGroup will also create opportunities proactively
061331 -           by finding new ways to discover, archive and disseminate
061332 -           knowledge, particularly through the aggregation of
061333 -           heretofore disparate and seemingly unrelated
061334 -           disciplines.
061336 -            ..
061337 -           Proposed initial projects include:
061339 -                ..
061340 -           a)  The development of a theoretical foundation and
061341 -               systems architecture based upon the so called
061342 -               "Pribram-Hameroff-Penrose Viewpoint" (PHPV) about
061343 -               biological intelligence.
061345 -                ..
061346 -           b)  The initiation of a Joint Russian/American Project
061347 -               in Applied Semiotics and Intelligence Systems
061348 -               (ASIS).
061350 -                ..
061351 -           c)  The development of a gray literature collection
061352 -               supporting targeted areas of investigation.
061354 -                ..
061355 -           d)  The development of basic technology supporting
061356 -               machine readable ontologies, automated document
061357 -               understanding and knowledge processing.
061359 -                ..
061360 -           e)  A web-enabled multilingual knowledge management
061361 -               system.
061363 -            ..
061364 -        8) Management
061365 -
061366 -           The BCN Scientific Council has two duties to perform.
061368 -            ..
061369 -           The first is to appoint the BCNGroup Management Team to
061370 -           serve for a period of one year. Members of the
061371 -           Management Team will be contract employees of the
061372 -           BCNGroup Inc.
061374 -            ..
061375 -           The second duty is to establish the BCN Trust Fund and
061376 -           to distribute excess financial wealth from the fund to
061377 -           members of the science community.
061379 -            ..
061380 -           The distribution of this financial wealth will be in
061381 -           the form of individual Prizes for Research Excellence
061382 -           and individual Prizes for Technology Innovation.
061384 -            ..
061385 -        9) Membership
061386 -
061387 -           The BCNGroup Founding Committee consists of three
061388 -           individuals. Each of these individuals appoints his or
061389 -           her replacement. Governing Council membership is
061390 -           honorary and appointments, by the Founding Committee,
061391 -           are generally made for life.
061393 -            ..
061394 -           The non-management membership is composed of individual
061395 -           scientific members. Membership rules are to be
061396 -           determined by the BCNGroup Governing Council. The
061397 -           Governing Council will meet only once in a five year
061398 -           period.
061400 -            ..
061401 -           Non-voting Corporate Sponsorship will be accepted based
061402 -           on a yearly renewal and a fee structure determined by
061403 -           the BCNGroup Management Team.
061405 -            ..
061406 -           On a yearly basis, the BCNGroup scientific members will
061407 -           select five members to the Scientific Council.
061409 -            ..
061410 -           The election will be conducted by allowing each member
061411 -           of the BCNGroup to nominate up to twenty scientists.
061412 -           The nomination process will be through secret ballot by
061413 -           BCNGroup members in good standing.
061415 -            ..
061416 -           Although membership in the BCNGroup is not required for
061417 -           nomination, each valid nominee must have an earned
061418 -           Doctoral degree and must have published a scientific
061419 -           paper during the previous five years.
061421 -            ..
061422 -           The five scientists with the largest nomination count
061423 -           will be invited to serve a three-year term. If a
061424 -           selected nominee declines, or if there is a vacancy on
061425 -           the Scientific Council, a new nominee will be selected
061426 -           to serve based on the nomination count of the prior
061427 -           election.
061429 -            ..
061430 -           If adequate funds are available, seated members of the
061431 -           Scientific Council will receive an honorarium equaling
061432 -           up to 100% of their previous year's salary.
061433 -
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061436 - BCN seems to generate revenue by signing up members....
061437 -
061438 -        BCN Membership Program
061439 -
061440 -        Sign-Up
061441 -
061442 -        Membership within the BCN Group is opened to anyone interested
061443 -        in developing a new type of scientific research organization
061444 -        consistent with the goals and objectives presented in the BCN
061445 -        Group Charter Document.
061447 -         ..
061448 -        Please Note:
061450 -         ..
061451 -        The 1st one thousand (1,000) members to sign up will be
061452 -        considered Charter BCN Group members. Charter members will be
061453 -        afforded special membership options.
061454 -
061456 -         ..
061457 -        Who Should Join
061458 -
061459 -        The only requirement needed to join the BCN Group is an
061460 -        inquisitive nature. We are exploring the world, deftly seeking
061461 -        answers to important questions and we seek others who feel the
061462 -        same way. In order for the foundation to be solid the BCN
061463 -        Group envisions a membership comprising a wide variety of
061464 -        backgrounds, from software engineers to physicists to
061465 -        behavioral psychologists to everyone. The only requirement is
061466 -        natural curiosity and the time to explore ideas.
061468 -         ..
061469 -        Membership
061470 -
061471 -        There are five tiers of membership available:
061472 -
061473 -        Professional/academic................... $75
061474 -        Student................................. $35
061475 -        Lifetime............................. $1,000
061476 -        Perpetuity........................... $2,000
061477 -        Corporate............................ $5,000
061478 -
061480 -         ..
061481 -        Benefits of BCN Membership
061482 -
061483 -        Above all else, members enjoy the benefit of becoming part of
061484 -        a rewarding endeavor which will ultimately become the
061485 -        foundation for future generations of science and thought.
061486 -        Through your participation, the world can be a better place
061487 -        for our all future generations.
061489 -         ..
061490 -        This is a benefit which is intangible, yet the most rewarding
061491 -        and significant of all.
061493 -         ..
061494 -        Members joining the BCN Group will also enjoy the following
061495 -        benefits:
061496 -
061497 -        1.  BCN Group Quarterly Newsletter
061498 -        2.  BCNGroup Members access to Community Forums
061499 -        3.  Permanent invitation to play in the Bead Games
061500 -        4.  Conferences
061502 -               ..
061503 -            • Online conferencing with meditated knowledge management
061504 -              and distance learning
061505 -            • Corporate mediated knowledge management projects
061506 -            • Annual conferences
061508 -             ..
061509 -        5.  Knowledge management technology and implementation
061510 -            consulting
061511 -        6.  Access to the virtual mentoring program
061512 -        7.  Access to full text papers
061513 -        8.  Access to scientific and esoteric forums
061514 -        9.  Distance learning curriculum and accreditation for
061515 -            curriculum learned (via association with a Virtual
061516 -       10.  University) - Future Benefit
061517 -       11.  Focused assistance on Masters and PhD thesis with mediated
061518 -            advice from BCN Group Scholars - Future Benefit
061519 -       12.  Masters and PhD degree granting - Future Benefit
061520 -
061522 -         ..
061523 -        Where do you fit in the history books? Make history, make a
061524 -        difference. Join BCN Group today.
061525 -
061527 -         ..
061528 -        Organization Structure
061530 -         ..
061531 -        An organization is only as strong as its membership base.  In
061532 -        order for the Group to thrive and evolve individuals are needed
061533 -        to assist in the development of the membership program.  The
061534 -        Group anticipates the need for area managers to lead group
061535 -        discussions, membership drives and research in focused areas.
061537 -         ..
061538 -        Area mangers will be responsible for cultivating new membership
061539 -        and strategies for utilizing the membership base toward a
061540 -        common goal.  The position's of Area Manger are open and are
061541 -        compensated, please email the Director of Membership for more
061542 -        information about the roles and responsibilities of Area
061543 -        Mangers.
061545 -         ..
061546 -        To sign up proceed to the Applicatiopn Page:
061548 -         ..
061549 -        To sign up proceed to the Applicatiopn Page:
061550 -
061552 -         ..
061553 -        Membership Application
061554 -
061555 -        Mailing address for the BCN Group Membership Drive is:
061556 -
061557 -        Nathan Einwechter
061558 -        Director of Membership
061559 -        PO Box 86
061560 -        Kirkton, Ontario
061561 -        N0K 1K0
061562 -        CANADA
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