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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850506 -
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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850982 -
850984 -  ..
850985 - Flexible Structure Knowledge Management Headache Wordprocessing
850986 - Headache Knowledge Management Conflicts Wordprocessing Paradigm
850987 - Benefits Flexible Structure Line Numbers Headache Wordprocessing
850988 -
850989 -
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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AC0501 -  ..
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...
AC0511 -
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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