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S U M M A R Y
DIARY: April 25, 2008 12:14 PM Friday;
Rod Welch
Morris explains understanding of SDS design using flexible structures.
1...Summary/Objective
2...Complementarity Knowledge Information Management Solution SDS Design
3...Benefits SDS Flexible Structure Complements Paradigm Documentation
4...Flexible Structure Knowledge Management Headache Wordprocessing
5...Headache Knowledge Management Conflicts Wordprocessing Paradigm
6...Benefits Flexible Structure Line Numbers Headache Wordprocessing
7...Benefits SDS Saves Lives Time Money Headache Appearance Substance Balance
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CONTACTS
0202 - SRI International O-00000103 1201
020201 - Mr. Jack Park;
020203 - CALO Project O-00000103 1201
SUBJECTS
Gets It Line Numbers Flexible Structure Esential SDS Records Knowle
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8503 - ..
8504 - Summary/Objective
8505 -
850501 - Follow up ref SDS 33 0000, ref SDS 29 0000.
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850508 - ..
8506 -
8507 -
8508 - Progress
8509 -
850901 - Complementarity Knowledge Information Management Solution SDS Design
850902 - Benefits SDS Flexible Structure Complements Paradigm Documentation
850903 -
850904 - A few days ago on 080422 Gary submitted a letter citing his record on
850905 - 080422 that explains SDS theory and practice using the Medit editor.
850906 - ref SDS 33 054Y This addressed difficulties and frustrations Morris
850907 - has suffered understanding the SDS design without experience using the
850908 - program. ref SDS 33 W66H Jack commented that "editors come and go,"
850909 - so it seems odd to him that an editor is important to Knowledge
850910 - Management. ref SDS 33 W69O
850912 - ..
850913 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 copy of a letter from Morris answering Jack's
850914 - letter a few days ago on 080422, and with a copy to Gary...
850915 -
850916 - 1. Rod builds them [referring without specific expression to
850917 - Jack's letter on 080422 describing SDS design based on a record
850918 - structure, ref SDS 33 W69O], by hand and with some macros on
850919 - top of the editors. ref DRT 1 0001
850921 - ..
850922 - Gary's record on 080422 explains Knowledge Management requires a very
850923 - complex solution. ref SDS 33 054Y This makes understanding difficult
850924 - for people without experience using SDS to accomplish technology
850925 - transfer from information printing documents to a Knowledge Management
850926 - paradigm that avoids documents with a paperless office model.
850927 - ref SDS 33 326G The dominance of the paradigm for printing documents
850928 - was reviewed during the meeting with Morris on 080206. ref SDS 27 RR47
850930 - ..
850931 - Gary's letter on 060907 presents resistance to adding "metadata" that
850932 - was tried as a subject indexing solution for the Internet. Without
850933 - tools and a theory of knowledge for managing context, people have
850934 - difficulty applying "metadata" to index documents on the Internet.
850935 - Second, applied at the document level, indexing has very little value
850936 - because finding anything specific takes a lot of time. That's why
850937 - people fear and hate to click links. Without precision access,
850938 - clicking a link opens a "Pandora's Box" hunting for relevance. These
850939 - dynamics discourage the metadata, as explained by Gary on 060907.
850940 - ref SDS 15 IA5Y The case study on 070126 shows that adding "metadata"
850941 - has largely ended. ref SDS 16 WV5K Everybody has given up on
850942 - chronology - using computers to capture the record for command and
850943 - control in a "paperless office" -- context - organizing the record
850944 - with subject indexing - and connection that links disparate events for
850945 - precision access. ref SDS 16 QH8L
850947 - ..
850948 - People have been building indexes from the beginning of libraries
850949 - during the Egyptian and Roman eras, reported on 060907. ref SDS 15
850950 - 777F Indexing a continuous information stream, like SDS, must be done
850951 - at the paragraph level, usually 2 - 4 paragrpahs; sometimes 10, but
850952 - much lower than the document level. This is a much larger problem
850953 - than has defeated efforts adding metada to documents on the Internet,
850954 - per above. ref SDS 0 FN4O There must be many multiple views for
850955 - finding a specific subject by remembering only fragments of the story
850956 - that often are expressed with different terminology.
850958 - ..
850959 - For example, Morris says today "Rod builds them..." ref SDS 0 653F
850961 - ..
850962 - What does that mean? How to make sense of "them."? The only evident
850963 - "them" that people build in SDS is subject accounts. But this is not
850964 - mentioned in Morris' letter by any closely related terms. So, the
850965 - "librarian" or "analyst" makes the best guess based on context, and
850966 - moves on.
850968 - ..
850969 - Thus, adding multiple views to greatly increased granularity, futher
850970 - increases the problem SDS solves for context management compared to
850971 - "metadata," which has been abandoned for documents on the Internet,
850972 - per above. ref SDS 0 FN4O An organic hierarchy allows memory of one
850973 - fragment to open memory of relevant subjects through association,
850974 - explained in POIMS. ref OF 6 VK9I Building and using the SDS system
850975 - for daily work therefore requires powerful, complementary tools with
850976 - efficient usability, because 4,000,000 accounts now in the SDS subject
850977 - index is too many for building and using by hand, as shown by
850978 - experience trying metadata for the Internet, per above. ref SDS 0 FN4O
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850984 - ..
850985 - Flexible Structure Knowledge Management Headache Wordprocessing
850986 - Headache Knowledge Management Conflicts Wordprocessing Paradigm
850987 - Benefits Flexible Structure Line Numbers Headache Wordprocessing
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850990 - Morris' letter to Jack Park continues...
850991 -
850992 - 2. His extensive line numbering system is actually the record
850993 - structure. (Although more flexible than a traditional
850994 - programming record). This is a benefit and a headache when
850995 - going forward. ref DRT 1 GI5N
850997 - ..
850998 - Gary's record on 080422 explains the Medit full screen text line
850999 - editor facilitates granular control of the record using line numbers.
851000 - ref SDS 33 434H
851001 -
851002 - [On 080426 review of Gary's record today notes that line
851003 - numbers provide structure for SDS records, ref SDS 34 PE5H,
851004 - and facilitate collaboration, ref SDS 34 ZX6H; he discusses
851005 - finding a solution to get benefits of flexible structure
851006 - without "pain" of line numbers. ref SDS 34 ZX6M
851008 - ..
851009 - Morris' description of constructing record "by hand" is unclear. The
851010 - shallow outline using line numbers is done programmatically. Subjects
851011 - are constructed based on narrative in the record. They can be
851012 - assigned by hand in the sense of describing an account description,
851013 - then pressing a button. Most subject accounts and assignments are
851014 - done programmatically in SDS. Morris needs to explain what "by hand"
851015 - and "not by hand" means. Jack Park proposed an "engine" on 000625,
851016 - ref SDS 5 2915, which he nor anyone has ever explained. On 070511 an
851017 - "engine" was developed for SDS contect management. ref SDS 17 0001
851019 - ..
851020 - Morris recognizes today that line numbers enable flexible structure of
851021 - SDS records. Morris mentions this is a benefit, which arises from
851022 - flexible structure that yields granular command and control of the
851023 - record, which in turn makes creating connections fast and easy that
851024 - yield the power of knowledge to control the future. A few weeks ago
851025 - on 080206 Morris indicated experience using wordprocessing tools to
851026 - publish professional documents, and without experience using SDS, does
851027 - not provide convincing evidence that benefits of SDS for saving lives,
851028 - time, and money, justify hard work to develop SDS capabilities.
851029 - ref SDS 27 646K
851031 - ..
851032 - Any association of "line numbers" with "record structure" and with
851033 - "benefits" is a big step in transformation.
851034 -
851035 - [On 080611 Morris uses line numbers to focus near term
851036 - communication, ref SDS 35 M38T, and comments that
851037 - experience using wordprocessing does not convince people to
851038 - use line numbers for a well ordred record, feeling that
851039 - editing to refine understanding prevents long term use,
851040 - ref SDS 35 M34P
851042 - ..
851043 - "Benefits" need to be correlated with the explanation of SDS in
851044 - POIMS.
851046 - ..
851047 - On 080206 Morris noted SDS is more efficient than other tools for
851048 - creating links. ref SDS 27 R67J This is another big step in the
851049 - right direction.
851051 - ..
851052 - At that same time, on 080206 Morris presented plans to abandon the SDS
851053 - design for flexible structure, because this takes a lot of hard work,
851054 - ref SDS 27 QM6H, compared to using a commercial editor which is a lot
851055 - of fun, because there is no work required, ref SDS 27 RR47 Learning
851056 - flexible structure to advance 21st century software for working
851057 - intelligently presents a "headache" discussed today, because flexible
851058 - structure for the knowledge paradigm complements the document paradigm
851059 - of wordprocessing technology, which Morris proposes for a Windows SDS
851060 - application. ref SDS 27 ND8N
851062 - ..
851063 - Complementarity can be hard to understand, with many divergent, yet
851064 - principled views, reported on 040312, ref SDS 13 189H, but brings
851065 - enormous power and benefits, cited in NWO. ref OF 10 JU8O Morris
851066 - mentions today benefits of the SDS design. ref SDS 0 JQ9Q
851068 - ..
851069 - The easy solution is to avoid creating SDS to conform to requirements
851070 - for printing documents with professional appearance. Use
851071 - wordprocessing for publishing documents. Use SDS for managing content
851072 - of documents, calls, meetings, and analysis with flexible structures.
851074 - ..
851075 - Morris' letter to Jack continues...
851076 -
851077 - 3. Editors are like women. Everybody loves one of them, but not
851078 - the same one. ref DRT 1 TW6L
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Gets It Benefits Headache SDS Topic Map Dfferent Topology No Actual
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AC0502 - Benefits SDS Saves Lives Time Money Headache Appearance Substance Balance
AC0503 -
AC0504 - Follow up ref SDS 33 445O.
AC0505 -
AC0506 - Received ref DRT 2 0001 copy of a letter from Jack Park responding to
AC0507 - the letter Morris sent earlier this morning, per above. ref SDS 0 653F
AC0509 - ..
AC0510 - Jack says to Morris...
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AC0512 - 1. I get the benefit and headache part. ref DRT 2 0001
AC0514 - ..
AC0515 - 2. Problem is, I see SDS as a topic map. That's a completely
AC0516 - different topology. ref DRT 2 IP7H
AC0518 - ..
AC0519 - The case study on 071220 shows the record of Jack reporting "benefits"
AC0520 - of SDS. ref SDS 21 ST6J
AC0521 -
AC0522 - [On 080426 review of Gary's record today notes that line
AC0523 - numbers provide structure for SDS records, ref SDS 34 PE5H,
AC0524 - and facilitate collaboration, ref SDS 34 ZX6H; he discusses
AC0525 - finding a solution to get benefits of flexible structure
AC0526 - without "pain" of line numbers. ref SDS 34 ZX6M
AC0528 - ..
AC0529 - There is no record showing Jack has considered the "headache" part of
AC0530 - the equation Morris presents today. This requires experience using
AC0531 - SDS, and Jack and Morros do not have experience using SDS.
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