CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
SDS create new record
Link Summary to Details Part of Intelligence
Link Record in References, Macro 101, F1 Shift F2

0505 -
0505 -    ..
0506 - Summary/Objective
0507 -
050701 - Follow up ref SDS 4 0000.
050702 -
050703 - Fixed problem in code that automatically links records to create
050704 - chronologies of related events. ref SDS 0 TNV4  The Mark feature was
050705 - improved for smoother use. ref SDS 0 TN6L  Went ahead and created a
050706 - function to delete SDS records. ref SDS 0 TO3H  Explain SDS granular,
050707 - flexible structure that enables intelligence support. ref SDS 0 P13O
050708 - Writing applies granularity, ref SDS 0 5C8H, with linking across time
050709 - and distance to track cause and effect. ref SDS 0 5C9H  Links create
050710 - trails of associations that enhance memory like Hansel and Gretle.
050711 - ref SDS 0 VM4M  Granularity of time provides natural structure for
050712 - uniquely identifying records. ref SDS 0 MO8O  Headlines and outlining
050713 - organize and summarize narrative with flexible structure. ref SDS 0
050714 - VM8N  Lines numbers provide shallow outlining and flexible, vertical
050715 - fields with unlimited capacity that uniquely position informaion in
050716 - Knowledge Space. ref SDS 0 T1VQ  Granular subject indexing applied
050717 - with Control Fields create record segments that complement flexible
050718 - structure for command and control of the record. ref SDS 0 A25H
050719 -
050720 -
050721 -
050723 -  ..
0508 -
0509 -
0510 - Progress
0511 -
051101 - Linking New Records to Prior Related Events Fixed
051102 -
051103 - It seems like when a new function is executed after calling the record
051104 - link function, the thing fails.
051105 -
051106 - The problem is with the external link record function.  Counter 12
051107 - is reset for internal calls, but is not reset for external calls.
051109 -  ..
051110 - It appears that the cause is that Medit is reading -label and -goto
051111 - command with different case labels as though they are the same.
051113 -  ..
051114 - It may not be an Medit problem.  Macro 3 which updates the line
051115 - counter field, was resetting counter 12, preventing it from completing
051116 - the routine.
051117 -
051118 -        [...below, linking complements granular structure of writing,
051119 -        granularity of time, and organic divisions of context provide
051120 -        flexible structure. ref SDS 0 P13O
051121 -
051122 -
051123 -
051124 -
051125 -
0512 -

SUBJECTS
Mark & Return

0603 -
060401 -  ..
060402 - Mark System Improved
060403 -
060404 - Need better way to save marks to jump between records in main SDS.
060405 -
060406 - Changed the Source record from Mark 2 to Mark 4.
060407 -
060408 - This way we have two marks we can enter manually  mark 2 and 3, and
060409 - still be able to mark the two positions.
060410 -
060411 -
060412 -
060413 -
060414 -
060415 -
0605 -

SUBJECTS
SDS record delete
Delete SDS Record Remove from Archive History Data Base

0804 -
080501 -  ..
080502 - Delete Record Feature Created
080503 -
080504 - We need an efficient means to delete records.  For a long time I have
080505 - taken the position that this function should not exist in order to
080506 - force careful thinking about whether to delete records.
080507 -
080508 - This will facilitate changing an existing record ID.
080510 -  ..
080511 - Used 024A06 for function.
080512 -
080514 -  ..
080515 - Options
080516 -
080517 -   It can be executed from current SDS file to remove a record listed
080518 -   in the Reference section, or from a Diary record to delete the
080519 -   record on the screen.
080521 -    ..
080522 -   This permits purging pointers when they exist, but for some reason
080523 -   there is no actual SDS record, which arises occasionally.
080524 -
080525 -
080526 -
0806 -

SUBJECTS
Flexible Structure Integrate Creativity Formality Complementarity Gr

3303 -
330401 -  ..
330402 - Flexible Structure Integrate Creativity and Forms Management
330403 - Writing Flexible Structure Integrates Creativity Formality
330404 - Granularity Records Management Enables Command Control of Work
330405 - Plan Perform Report Flexible Structure Writing and Forms Management
330406 -
330407 - SDS records beginning in 1985 provide a new way of working that
330408 - leverages ability to think, remember, and communicate using natural
330409 - flexibility of writing, applied with increased "control" using forms
330410 - structured with shallow outlining (see "line numbers," ref SDS 0
330411 - 5C6L).  Combining inherent flexibility of "creative writing" with
330412 - structure to maintain a well ordered record helps people cope with
330413 - complexity from rising population and technology in a faster paced
330414 - world.  SDS flexible structures maintain order for understanding cause
330415 - and effect that is constantly erroding from compression of time and
330416 - distance that overwhelms mental biology due the inherent conflict
330417 - between time and accuracy.  Ordinarily hurrying causes mistakes;
330418 - taking time to check the record causes delay.
330420 -       ..
330421 -      [On 960304 review of Vanniver Bush article in 1945 proposed
330422 -      computers for efficiencies of electronic records management to
330423 -      cope with rising complexity. ref SDS 39 H68K
330425 -       ..
330426 -      [On 040312 2nd law of thermodynamics describes rising entropy
330427 -      dissipates order under the irreversibility of time, ref SDS 96
330428 -      566F; requires adding energy to maintain the order of cause and
330429 -      effect yields the power of knowledge to control the future.
330430 -      ref SDS 95 YH4G
330432 -       ..
330433 -      [On 080531 Morris Jones seemed to use language of SDS,
330434 -      Communication Metrics, and Knowledge Management. ref SDS B3 1J4L
330436 -  ..
330437 - Writing extends speaking for flexible thinking by using both hands and
330438 - eyes in addition to hearing the words spoken silently.  Additional
330439 - time and cognitive resources of communication through writing increase
330440 - delibration for creative thinking with fast and easy computer editing
330441 - to extend, correct, and refine understanding.  Written analysis occurs
330442 - to plan work listed in the schedule supported with records showing
330443 - background, objectives, problems, solutions, alternatives, and
330444 - adjustments to consider in carrying out the work.  Writing is often
330445 - part and sometimes most of performing the work, as in writing a
330446 - letter, report, article, book, spreadsheet, etc.  Writing a diary to
330447 - report results includes analysis of implications, correlations, and
330448 - nuance discovered creating connections showing alignment and disparity
330449 - with objectives, requirements, and commitments from the history of
330450 - prior related work.
330452 -  ..
330453 - SDS combines flexibility of writing with structures of formality using
330454 - "forms" with rigid "fields" that make sense of complexity based upon
330455 - reliability of consistent position.  Integrating formality with
330456 - flexiblity requires granularity that optimizes complementarity using
330457 - creativity for command and control of the work, discussed further
330458 - below. ref SDS 0 T16K
330459 -
330461 -  ..
330462 - Well Ordered Record Reduces Time for Accuracy Understand Cause Effect
330463 - Microcosm Vast Complexity Innocuous Details Controls Productivity
330464 - Granularity Flexible Structure Enables Command Control Microcosm
330465 - Command Control Microcosm Complexity Granularity Flexible Structures
330466 -
330467 - "Granularity" provides command and control of the record.  People can
330468 - work intelligently leveraging creativity with analysis using "flexible
330469 - structures" (see above, ref SDS 0 P13O) to find relevant experience
330470 - for solving problems and discovering opportunities in time to be
330471 - effective.  "Flexible structure" summarizes the idea of "granularity"
330472 - in a "well ordered record" for command and control of the work with
330473 - the power of knowledge managing low levels of organic structure in the
330474 - microcosm of history, see POIMS. ref OF 17 1113  Seven complementary
330475 - components of flexible structure implement granularity to maintain
330476 - order essential for accurate understanding of cause and effect...
330477 -
330478 -        1.  Writing................................. ref SDS 0 5C8H
330479 -        2.  Links................................... ref SDS 0 5C9H
330480 -        3.  Time and record dates................... ref SDS 0 MO8O
330481 -        4.  Subjects contextual granularity......... ref SDS 0 A25H
330482 -        5.  Record segments Control Fields.......... ref SDS 0 6H8O
330483 -        6.  Line numbers............................ ref SDS 0 5C6L
330484 -        7.  Outlining headlines..................... ref SDS 0 VM8N
330486 -               ..
330487 -              [...below "complementarity" means synergy from harmony
330488 -              integrating flexible structures that optimize the power
330489 -              of knowledge. ref SDS 0 LV59
330491 -               ..
330492 -              [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity
330493 -              yield effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A7 JM9O
330495 -               ..
330496 -              [On 080531 Morris working on SDS program to support
330497 -              flexible structure with "shallow outlining" for command
330498 -              and control of the record. ref SDS B3 MN5F
330500 -  ..
330501 - SDS support enables Knolwedge Space with a well ordered record for
330502 - working intelligently using precision access to critical details in
330503 - time to be effective, explained in NWO. ref OF 23 PX6J
330504 -
330505 -              [On 070201 0800 meeting with UCSF cancer center advises
330506 -              that SDS record shows comprehensive, accurate report for
330507 -              meeting on medical examination. ref SDS A5 NW9J
330509 -  ..
330510 - Writing connects granularity of alphabetic symbols to construct data
330511 - into progressively larger meanings than represented by symbols alone
330512 - (see explanation below, ref SDS 0 T16K).  As time passes, people get
330513 - confused when memory of multiple stories gets mixed up, commingled,
330514 - and disconnected from relevant context.  Forgetting causes confusion,
330515 - frustration, errors, and conflict.  People get mad when time degrades
330516 - memory, and piles of paper take a lot of time to understand a lot of
330517 - details, because nobody can find anything days, months, and years
330518 - later in time to be effective. (see below, ref SDS 0 S84J).
330520 -  ..
330521 - The professional discipline of writing "history" invests time
330522 - positioning stories in the correct order for understanding context.
330523 - Investing time to construct history enables other people to take less
330524 - time making sense of complexity by understanding sequence of
330525 - chronology (time) in the context of objectives, requirements, and
330526 - commitments.  SDS schedule and diary records maintain a natural order
330527 - of cause and effect by using the granularity of time, i.e.,
330528 - chronology, combined with granular indexing for the organic structure
330529 - of context.  Granularity magnifies command and control of daily work
330530 - by managing content of documents at the level of paragraphs.  Advances
330531 - managing flexible structure of writing with granularity at the
330532 - paragraph level increases precision access to writing by orders of
330533 - magnitude, compared with traditional records management practice
330534 - organizing books, articles, reports, and correspondence at the
330535 - document level in libraries, filing cabinets, and file folders.
330537 -       ..
330538 -      [On 921127 Morris Jones reported small, innocuous details turn
330539 -      out later to be major problems that nobody had time to fix
330540 -      because everybody focused on major problems leaves no time for
330541 -      proactive management. ref SDS 18 0674
330543 -       ..
330544 -      [On 940812 Microcosm Gilder's book explains power derived from
330545 -      command and control of lower levels of organic structure,
330546 -      ref SDS 25 3385; helps people cope with complexity, discussed on
330547 -      950718, ref SDS 33 KZ55; presented at Intel on 950927 correlating
330548 -      microprocessors improving computers that can improve management
330549 -      of daily details. ref SDS 36 5412
330551 -       ..
330552 -      [On 960304 Moore's Law on rising speed of microprocessors using
330553 -      lower levels of physical structure aligns with Gilder's law of
330554 -      the microcosm that productivity rises controlling lower levels of
330555 -      organic structure. ref SDS 39 4004
330557 -       ..
330558 -      [On 040513 flexible structure of Knowledge Space required for
330559 -      critical mass of requirements to augment intelligence.
330560 -      ref SDS 99 EY9F
330562 -       ..
330563 -      [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity yield
330564 -      effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A7 JM9O
330566 -       ..
330567 -      [On 071212 SDS supports processes that aid human thinking, and
330568 -      the practice of management. ref SDS A9 Z48H
330569 -
330571 -  ..
330572 - Connect Cause Effect Across Time and Distance Power of Knowledge
330573 -
330574 - Linking paragraphs and sentences within stories across time and
330575 - distance, discussed above, ref SDS 0 TNV4, complements writing that
330576 - connects alphabetic symbols into "information."  Granular links
330577 - between parts of stories connect the order of cause and effect that
330578 - converts information into the power of knowledge for predicting the
330579 - future.  A well ordered record, per above, ref SDS 0 TP8O, enables
330580 - precision access with electronic links to quickly and easily verify
330581 - accuracy and expand span of attention for accurately understand
330582 - correlations, implications and nuance whether events occurred 10
330583 - minutes ago, 10 days, months, years earlier.  Every link is equally
330584 - accessible instantly.  Timely awareness of context with precision
330585 - access using links to instantly check the record helps avoid mistakes
330586 - (see "Stories Connecting Dots," below. ref SDS 0 T14T)
330587 -
330588 -      [On 080206 people feel that market dynamics favor appearance over
330589 -      substance and this makes technology required for a well ordered
330590 -      record beyond reach of people on the job. ref SDS B1 YI9F
330592 -  ..
330593 - Granularity of time uniquely organizes the record based on the natural
330594 - structure of chronology.  Constantly expanding history reporting daily
330595 - work creates a record of experience to plan, and perform future work.
330596 - Flexible structure of chronology enables simple, common storage that
330597 - complements writing and linking to connect cause and effect into the
330598 - power of knowledge for predicting the future.  Electronic "records
330599 - management" organized by the immutable, irreversability of time
330600 - significantly improves traditional "forms" that evolved the past 2,000
330601 - years for associating information with "fields," paper clips, staples,
330602 - scotch tape, binders, file folders, filing cabinets, books, reports,
330603 - etc.  Combining flexiblity of creative narrative with formality and
330604 - flexible structure of time provides order that increases speed finding
330605 - sources to create links that enable people to study context with
330606 - DNA-like organic structures that combine relational and hierarchial
330607 - dimensions, explained below. ref SDS 0 T14T
330609 -               ..
330610 -              [On 031215 flexible structure supported by Freeman's PhD
330611 -              thesis on Lifestreams published in 1997 calling for
330612 -              flexible summarizing. ref SDS 92 E38N
330614 -               ..
330615 -              [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity
330616 -              yield effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A7 JM9O
330617 -
330619 -  ..
330620 - Line Numbers Shallow Outline Increase Command Control of the Record
330621 -
330622 - Shallow outlining provides flexible structure, per above, ref SDS 0
330623 - P13O, using line numbers for granular linear nodes that precisely
330624 - indentify free-form narrative using a unique address, which is easy to
330625 - cite in the record.  Order in the record enables precision access
330626 - using unlimited "vertical forms" for timely, accurate communication,
330627 - explained below. ref SDS 0 PQ7I  The look and feel of SDS unique line
330628 - numbering structure conveys the power of knowledge associated with a
330629 - well ordered record, similar to legal briefs, to easily distinguish
330630 - purpose and form of SDS from traditional documents for letters, books,
330631 - articles, and reports.  Line numbers help quickly navigate complex
330632 - records with orientation of context visually associated with shallow
330633 - outline structure, further explained below. ref SDS 0 VB64
330635 -  ..
330636 - Granularity of line numbers complements chronology, context, and
330637 - connections (time, subjects, links) for constructing a well ordered
330638 - record that enables command and control of daily work, explained
330639 - below. ref SDS 0 T1VQ  SDS design allows flexibility to enter
330640 - continuous narrative with inherent shallow outline structure of record
330641 - segments, and headlines, or to formalize structure with traditional
330642 - outlining methods (see below, ref SDS 0 VM8N), which together maintain
330643 - a well ordered record for understanding cause and effect, i.e., to
330644 - work intelligently, explained in POIMS. ref OF 13 1X6G
330645 -
330646 -      [On 040312 2nd law of thermodynamics describes rising entropy
330647 -      dissipates order under the irreversibility of time, ref SDS 96
330648 -      566F; requires adding energy to maintain the order of cause and
330649 -      effect yields the power of knowledge to control the future.
330650 -      ref SDS 95 YH4G
330652 -       ..
330653 -      [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity yield
330654 -      effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A7 JM9O
330656 -       ..
330657 -      [On 080426 Gary Johnson presents analysis in a record on 080425
330658 -      that line numbers are not needed; tagging systems provide
330659 -      flexible structure to maintain order in the record, ref SDS B2
330660 -      PE5H, from continual "refactoring" cited by Gary on 001222.
330661 -      ref SDS B2 4K9M
330662 -
330663 -
330665 -  ..
330666 - Subject Index Organic Structure Context Replaces Traditional Filing
330667 - Filing Replaced by Subject Index Assign Control Fields Record Segments
330668 -
330669 - Follow up ref SDS 1 OL6H.
330670 -
330671 - Granular indexing of DNA-like hierarchial and relational organic
330672 - subject structures assigned to Control Fields in SDS records (see
330673 - below, ref SDS 0 6H8O) replace traditional card catelog methods in
330674 - library science and management science methods of "records management"
330675 - filing documents in multiple folders and cabinets to cross-reference,
330676 - where mountains of paper pile up on desks, the floor, the coffee table
330677 - at home, the back seat of the car - any place handy at the moment.
330678 - Typing, moving, storing, getting, returning, and losing documents is
330679 - replaced with benefits of a "paperless office" model using organic,
330680 - flexible structure of context for efficiencies of electronic records
330681 - management where information exists in a single location and is
330682 - identified for retrieval in multiple ways (see explanation on 880628,
330683 - ref SDS 1 BI3G and ref SDS 1 02PS).  Subject indexing complements time
330684 - and linking for precision access to make sense of complexity using
330685 - multiple views of context for comprehensive understanding (see example
330686 - of "big picture" below, ref SDS 0 G14K)
330688 -               ..
330689 -              [On 910221 organic subject structures apply DNA processes
330690 -              for growing knowledge, and reflect alphabet technology of
330691 -              assembling small meanings into larger organic structures
330692 -              called stories that eventually comprise history.
330693 -              ref SDS 11 OP7M
330695 -               ..
330696 -              [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity
330697 -              yield effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A7 JM9O
330698 -
330699 -
330701 -  ..
330702 - Control Fields Segment Records with Subjects Granularity of Context
330703 - Context Management Organizes Narrative with Control Fields
330704 - Records Segments Granular Structure Applies Subjects Replaces Filing
330705 -
330706 - Shallow outline structures are constructed with SDS Control Fields to
330707 - identify record segments that apply granularity for controlling
330708 - management criteria at the paragraph level with headlines, including
330709 - groups of paragraphs.  Control Fields track the following....
330710 -
330711 -        1.  Time worked on subject function
330712 -        2.  People doing the work
330713 -        3.  Billing entity
330714 -        4.  Function cost account to be charged
330715 -        5.  Action Item/Schedule Activity
330716 -        6.  Subject WBS account
330718 -  ..
330719 - Control Fields provide a lot of structure to organize flexiblity and
330720 - creativity of narrative reporting the record of daily work.  As noted,
330721 - subjects and functions are assigned by selection from the Subject
330722 - Index and pressing the Enter key.  Nobody types "subjects" into SDS
330723 - records.  Traditional methods of data entry take too long for
330724 - efficient usability of electronic records management.
330725 -
330726 -              [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity
330727 -              yield effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A7 JM9O
330728 -
330730 -  ..
330731 - Accuracy Remembering Complex Correlations Distant Chronology
330732 -
330733 - Flexible structure provides faster and often instant access to history
330734 - for better accuracy remembering and discovering complex issues for
330735 - comprehensive analysis, and to verify accuracy of correlations,
330736 - associations, and chronology.  Whether recent events are remembered by
330737 - span of attention, or can only be remembered partially from long ago,
330738 - these small fragments of memory, called "the gist of the story," can
330739 - find and assemble relevant segments of a long complex record into a
330740 - comprehensive story using the organic structure of context.  Control
330741 - Field assignments of subjects construct chronologies that accurately
330742 - and quickly convey cause and effect.
330743 -
330744 -        [On 940327 Morris Jones at Chips and Technologies reported
330745 -        dates are hard to remember; people get frustrated and mad with
330746 -        everybody pointing fingers in accusation and blame during
330747 -        conversation in meetings arguing about the sequence of past
330748 -        events. ref SDS 22 GD9G
330750 -         ..
330751 -        [On 950204 accuracy is primary Communication Metric for
330752 -        evaluating conversations reviewed in adjudication of legal
330753 -        disputes. ref SDS 30 8A9F
330755 -         ..
330756 -        [On 980307 Andy Grove, CEO of Intel, reports mental maps are
330757 -        awfully forgiving of ambibuity, ref SDS 55 3668, and so writes
330758 -        copious notes to remember accurately. ref SDS 55 3101
330760 -         ..
330761 -        [On 010622 Doug Lenat describes literacy reading writing using
330762 -        alphabet technology makes people superhuman by writing things
330763 -        down that can then be remembered more accurately. ref SDS A1
330764 -        N668
330766 -         ..
330767 -        [On 020217 Roy Roebuck reports people point fingers in meetings
330768 -        blaming others because nobody can find anything to point out in
330769 -        the record what actually happened. ref SDS 78 9360
330771 -         ..
330772 -        [On 021108 Bill Gates at Microsoft points out that merely
330773 -        writing things down does not improve memory and productivity,
330774 -        unless people can find relevant parts of the record in time to
330775 -        be effective saving lives, time, and money. ref SDS 86 EF5I
330776 -
330777 -
330779 -  ..
330780 - Headlines Outlining Organize Summarize Narrative Flexible Structure
330781 -
330782 - Outlining with headlines summarize meaning of narrative with nested
330783 - lists that complement granularity of flexible structure using writing,
330784 - links, line numbers, subject indexing, and record segments with
330785 - control fields.
330787 -  ..
330788 - Headlines summarize primary outline levels for controlled visibility
330789 - to navigate and comprehend complex records.  Headlines are a component
330790 - of baseline shallow outline structure when formal outlining and
330791 - listing are not employed.  Headlines are the first step constructing
330792 - account descriptions in the subject index since headlines summarize
330793 - meaning of paragraphs and groups of paragaphs, and this is part of
330794 - context management.
330795 -
330796 -              [On 070831 12 "units of information" with granularity
330797 -              yield effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A7 JM9O
330799 -  ..
330800 - Flexible structure adds value to traditional forms management with
330801 - unlimited content in "fields" so there is no artificial constraint on
330802 - innovation and creativity to clarify meaning and application (see
330803 - vertical fields, below, ref SDS 0 PQ7I).  Flexible structure adds
330804 - value to traditional writing by enabling people to create any
330805 - structure required to make sense of complex circumstances, and can be
330806 - summarized for easy comprehension and fast navigation.
330807 -
330808 -
330809 -
330810 -
3309 -

SUBJECTS
Hansel Gretle Trails Association Flexible Structure Granular Links R

4203 -
420401 -  ..
420402 - Hansel Gretle Trails Associations SDS Links Supports Memory
420403 -
420404 - SDS improves memory to find and study correlations, implications and
420405 - nuance that aid understanding cause and effect based on organizing
420406 - knowledge with organic structure in the natural order of existence.
420407 - Integrating flexible structures of granular indexing subjects with SDS
420408 - links make good management fast and easy by enabling trails of
420409 - associations using an audit trail for traceability to original
420410 - sources.  People can step forward in time at any place along the trail
420411 - of chronology to trace consequences.  Better memory of history and
420412 - consequences looking forward and backward in time, understanding
420413 - context and subjects yields better results.  Like the story of Hansel
420414 - and Gretle who left a trail to find their way back home, SDS makes
420415 - trails of associations fast, easy, and reliable to create and use when
420416 - needed.
420417 -
420418 -     [On 950721 professional standards require traceability to original
420419 -     sources for better management and communication. ref SDS 34 1740
420420 -
420421 -
420422 -
4205 -

SUBJECTS
Links Stay on Course SDS Empower People to Remember Original Subject

5503 -
550401 -  ..
550402 - Subjects Focus Aligned Reduce Frustrations Increase Productivity
550403 - Accuracy Increased Maintain Alignment Communications Reduce Mistakes
550404 - Wandereing Off Subject Conversation Email SDS Improves Listening
550405 - Listening Communication Mistakes Reduce SDS Alignment Focus on Subject
550406 -
550407 - Follow up ref SDS 3 0071, ref SDS 1 OL6H.
550408 -
550409 - Flexible structure of writing supported with links, chronology, and
550410 - context in the Subject Index, explained above, ref SDS 0 P13O, and
550411 - illustrated by the "big picture" below, ref SDS 0 G14K, improves
550412 - stream-of-conscious communication in meetings, calls, and email that
550413 - routinely wander off subject, causing frustration, anger, stress and
550414 - mistakes, which reduce productivity and earnings, because listening
550415 - and understanding fail, when attention and focus wander.
550417 -      ..
550418 -     [On 890809 Morris reported failed listening causes communication
550419 -     to fail, ref SDS 7 CJ9J, bad management reduces productivity and
550420 -     earnings. ref SDS 7 126J
550422 -      ..
550423 -     [On 910520 Morris used SDS to save time and money by aligning
550424 -     communications to correct misunderstandings before mistakes occur.
550425 -     ref SDS 14 655O
550427 -      ..
550428 -     [On 921127 people busy fixing big problems frustrated because
550429 -     small, innocuous deviations from requirements are ignored that
550430 -     later become big problems. ref SDS 18 0674
550432 -      ..
550433 -     [On 940114 Eric Jennet interview advised that Project Management
550434 -     Institute (PMI) was founded to improve poor productivity of
550435 -     communication in meetings. ref SDS 21 2290
550437 -      ..
550438 -     [On 940901 example PG&E project with CDWR communication meetings
550439 -     poor productivity. ref SDS 28 1301
550441 -      ..
550442 -     [On 950228 Morris executive VP frustrated by wasting time during
550443 -     meetings arguing about prior understandings. ref SDS 31 1994
550445 -      ..
550446 -     [On 950303 Morris proposed bow and arrow diagram showing SDS keeps
550447 -     work aligned with objectives, requirements and commitments.
550448 -     ref SDS 32 3497
550450 -      ..
550451 -     [On 950721 ISO professional standards require audit trail showing
550452 -     traceability to original sources that maintain alignment of work
550453 -     with objectives, requirements, commitments, history of prior work.
550454 -     ref SDS 34 1740
550456 -      ..
550457 -     [On 951026 organizations certified compliant with ISO requirements
550458 -     are unable to comply with requirements for good management to
550459 -     document traceability to original sources. ref SDS 37 3245
550461 -      ..
550462 -     [On 960205 study shows people waste 70% of day in unproductive
550463 -     meetings because nobody is prepared, because nobody has time to
550464 -     capture the record, and nobody can find anything to be prepared.
550465 -     ref SDS 38 5902 and ref SDS 38 5F4S
550467 -      ..
550468 -     [On 960721 people angry at meetings between Chips, Intel,
550469 -     Lockheed/Martin because everybody remembering what happened
550470 -     at the last meeting differently. ref SDS 47 0896
550472 -      ..
550473 -     [On 970123 Intel uses conflict and emotion to aid memory and build
550474 -     shared meaning in communication during meetings. ref SDS 49 1111
550476 -      ..
550477 -     [On 980403 Max Blodgett at USACE worried productivity of
550478 -     meetings very poor, ref SDS 56 4033; wants SDS for Communication
550479 -     Metrics. ref SDS 56 BQ42
550481 -      ..
550482 -     [On 020217 meetings fundamental team process requires accurate
550483 -     records for effective communication; too often meetings degrade to
550484 -     "finger pointing" blaming people for misunderstandings,
550485 -     ref SDS 78 9360; case study examples of communication challenges
550486 -     in meetings are listed. ref SDS 78 TT3F
550488 -      ..
550489 -     [On 020504 study shows professional standards for communication
550490 -     practices and requirements on good management specified in FAR,
550491 -     ISO, Health Care, Covey, Drucker, law, contract notice provisions,
550492 -     and 2,000 years of literacy for contemporaneous documentation to
550493 -     show alignment and feedback to work intelligently, quickly, and
550494 -     accurately are ignored in government, business, health care, every
550495 -     sector. ref SDS 79 NS6F
550497 -      ..
550498 -     [On 040505 Paris peace conference in 1919 heads of state began
550499 -     holding meetings hoping to avoid keeping records, but found the
550500 -     top people in the world could not remember enough to perform daily
550501 -     work; eventually leadership yielded to an even stronger fear of
550502 -     accountability for failing to get anything done, and so a record
550503 -     of organizational memory was prepared and this change in
550504 -     management practice yielded results that expedited progress.
550505 -     ref SDS 98 MQ49
550507 -      ..
550508 -     [On 060505 case study shows challenge discovering the purpose of
550509 -     meetings. ref SDS A3 P18O
550511 -  ..
550512 - Better understanding with flexible structure to organize and connect
550513 - the record makes finding information fast and easy, and assembles
550514 - patterns that discover and refine accuracy remembering connections of
550515 - cause and effect with links to original sources and to future
550516 - consequences.  Understanding is not forgotten because alignment does
550517 - not drift off course in a sea of details that normally overwhelm span
550518 - of attention, explained in POIMS. ref OF 17 2301  Leveraging the
550519 - capacity to think, remember, and communicate, ref OF 17 3742,
550520 - strengthens daily management. ref OF 17 1113
550522 -      ..
550523 -     [On 900319 research shows human reasoning largely follows memory
550524 -     of sequence that is imparted by chronology. ref SDS 10 1323
550526 -      ..
550527 -     [On 940327 Morris reported SDS links provide self-evident benefits
550528 -     of better memory. ref SDS 22 J496
550530 -      ..
550531 -     [On 960406 people waste a lot of time finding information on
550532 -     computers. ref SDS 44 5922
550534 -      ..
550535 -     [990718 busy executives and engineers only have time for cursory
550536 -     understanding because technology people like does not support
550537 -     analysis. ref SDS 61 5251
550539 -      ..
550540 -     [990817 busy executives and engineers excuse failure to use SDS as
550541 -     a failure of attitude, discipline and diligence so they can can
550542 -     continue using tools they like, rather than learn to tools they
550543 -     need. ref SDS 62 8663
550545 -      ..
550546 -     [On 000927 research shows people mainly rely on remembering the
550547 -     gist of information which degrades over time to memory that is
550548 -     about 5% - 10% accurate. ref SDS 71 DX9F
550550 -      ..
550551 -     [On 080531 Morris Jones seemed to use language of SDS,
550552 -     Communication Metrics, and Knowledge Management. ref SDS B3 1J4L
550553 -
550554 -
5506 -

SUBJECTS
Writing Alphabet Technology Flexible Structure Creativity Free Flowi

8803 -
880401 -  ..
880402 - Writing Creativity Flexiblity Balanced with Formality Organization
880403 - Alphabet Technology Flexible Structure Writing and Forms Management
880404 -
880405 - Talking and writing are communication tools for telling a "story" with
880406 - free flowing, stream-of-conscious narrative.
880408 -  ..
880409 - Verbal communication with talking, speech, dialog, conversation, and
880410 - discussion conveys meaning with sounds, including pauses, changing
880411 - volume, and genstures with hands and facial expression.
880413 -  ..
880414 - Literacy uses a system of writing documents to construct progressively
880415 - larger "meaning" from associating very small, highly-granular
880416 - alphabetic symbols into narrative text comprising words, paragraphs,
880417 - sections, chapters, reports, articles, books, and so forth, per above.
880418 - ref SDS 0 5C8H  Writing applies flexible structure to associate text
880419 - with punctuation that provides highly-granular control for boundaries
880420 - of alphabetic characters that form near term context.  Combining
880421 - contextual expressions into larger, and related meanings tells a
880422 - coherent "story" relating events to human needs.  This system yields a
880423 - history of experience that guides actions and planning with the power
880424 - of knowledge from energy released connecting cause and effect.
880426 -  ..
880427 - When people say something like...
880428 -
880429 -                       What's the story?
880430 -
880431 - ...they are asking for a narrative that can be associated objectives,
880432 - i.e., human needs, which adds to experience for deciding what to do in
880433 - the moment or later.
880435 -         ..
880436 -        [On 900303 review Improbable Machine, Campbell explains how the
880437 -        brain stores "stories" called "history" for experience to guide
880438 -        taking action. ref SDS 9 EV5N
880440 -         ..
880441 -        [On 930112 alphabet technology and history of writing engine of
880442 -        civilization, reviewed. ref SDS 20 3443
880444 -         ..
880445 -        [On 960324 Landauer explains theory of "meaning" derived from
880446 -        frequency of word associations that impart context through
880447 -        dimension matching. ref SDS 40 2882
880449 -         ..
880450 -        [On 020924 flexible structure of traditional punctuation was
880451 -        reviewed. ref SDS A0 0001
880453 -  ..
880454 - The flexible structure of alphabet technology enables writing
880455 - stream-of-conscious text that externalizes complex, fleeting human
880456 - thought.  Unlike thoughts in the mind that come and go when people
880457 - forget context, the permenance of text expands creativity by focusing
880458 - thinking on what is written.  Synergy between mental energy and
880459 - external written renderings enables people to change, compare, and
880460 - revise to improve initial thought.  The natural creative feature of
880461 - writing constructs narrative that conveys a satisfying, insightful,
880462 - often inspiring "story," that sometimes leads to mental awakening.
880463 - Both writer and reader can experience "epiphany," which has historical
880464 - religious foundations, and today is commonly used to mean a revealing
880465 - scene or moment that changes or deepens understanding cause and
880466 - effect, i.e., increases the power of knowledge...
880468 -         ..
880469 -        Webster Dictionary
880470 -
880471 -              http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epiphany
880473 -         ..
880474 -        Encarta
880475 -
880476 -              http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861608848/epiphany.html
880478 -         ..
880479 -        American Heritage Dictionary
880480 -
880481 -              http://www.bartleby.com/61/6/E0180600.html
880483 -             ..
880484 -            epiphany...
880485 -
880486 -            (1)  sudden manifestation or perception of the essential
880487 -                 nature or meaning of something
880489 -                  ..
880490 -            (2)  intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an
880491 -                 event) usually simple and striking
880493 -                  ..
880494 -            (3)  an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure
880496 -                  ..
880497 -            (4)  comprehension or perception of reality by means of a
880498 -                 sudden intuitive realization:
880500 -  ..
880501 - Creative writing occurs as sentences assembled into paragraphs that
880502 - form documents of 1, 2, 10 somtimes hundreds of pages.  Facts, ideas,
880503 - and description are arranged in multiple ways with narrative text to
880504 - impart realization, perception, and comprehension that unlocks
880505 - discovery.  Writing a "story" with continuous narrative fits human
880506 - mental biology that receives information in a continuous stream.  The
880507 - irreversibility of time makes receiving and creating information in a
880508 - continuous stream biologically satisfying.  Since people absorb
880509 - information along a continuous timeline through sensory perception,
880510 - e.g., sight and sound, and since verbal communication using speech and
880511 - hearing occurs along a continuous timeline, and further since most
880512 - conversation strives to inspire others to share understanding, as an
880513 - imperative of survival, people are biologically driven to write and
880514 - read with a format of continuous narrtive that tells a "story,"
880515 - similar to speech, and general senseory perception.
880516 -
880517 -        [On 991108 stream-of-conscious conversation is entertaining,
880518 -        and persuasive, ref SDS 64 4505; similarly stream-of-conscious
880519 -        writing has persuasive and entertainment effects of
880520 -        conversation without a well ordered record for common
880521 -        reference. ref SDS 0 A53H
880523 -         ..
880524 -        [On 040312 irreversibility of time dissipates order with rising
880525 -        entropy under the 2nd law of thermodynamcis, reviewed on
880526 -        040312, ref SDS 96 566F; line numbers provide an easy method to
880527 -        maintain order with minimal effort, discussed below,
880528 -        ref SDS 0 T1VQ, that yields the power of knowledge to control
880529 -        the future under the locality principle, also, reviewed on
880530 -        040312. ref SDS 95 YH4G
880532 -  ..
880533 - Appearance of documents using professional publishing tools is a
880534 - powerful part of writing that inspires credibility of content to
880535 - increase acceptance and agreement.  This is so because people are
880536 - biologically attracted to pretty things, including documents.  This
880537 - makes accuracy subsidiary to appearance.  Through the dark ages monks
880538 - invested lifetimes transcribing the Bible to provide attractive
880539 - manuscripts that appeal to followers who could not read, but followed
880540 - preaching credited to beautiful documents.  Success of Gutenberg's
880541 - printing press in 1455 led to marketing competition for technology
880542 - that optimizes appearance of documents.  Today, a frenzy of tools for
880543 - wordprocessing empower everyone to produce beautiful documents hoping
880544 - to inspire and convince people quite apart from the content.
880546 -  ..
880547 - Creativity from writing continuous sentences and paragraphs to tell an
880548 - inspiring story makes managing specific facts and ideas in documents
880549 - difficult to use for daily work.  Planning requires structure for
880550 - order that enables predictability.  Daily work rarely has time to read
880551 - through an entire story, article, report, specification days, weeks,
880552 - months, years later to find controlling content.  Managing requires
880553 - efficient usability for command and control of the record on parts of
880554 - the story relevant at particular moments, and different parts at other
880555 - moments to accurately understand cause and effect.  Dynamics of events
880556 - long after the record is written, requires quickly considering
880557 - alternative order for disparate elements of the story within the
880558 - framework of the original order.  This is a structuring problem.
880559 -
880560 -        [On 020820 truth is annoying and does not move the conversation
880561 -        forward, because nobody can relax, when truth is important.
880562 -        ref SDS 82 V66I
880564 -         ..
880565 -        [On 040312 locality principle rests on accurate understanding
880566 -        of order connecting cause and effect which releases energy that
880567 -        drives the power of knowledge to predict the future. reviewed
880568 -        040312. ref SDS 95 YH4G
880570 -  ..
880571 - Legal practice applies "creative" writing to convince judges about a
880572 - version of truth.  Lawyers write long sentences and paragraphs of
880573 - persuasive prose, like conventional narrative text. ref SDS 0 C29X
880574 - Lawyers add "citations" that verify accuracy.  Lawyers also add line
880575 - numbers, similar to numbers on the left of this record.  This added
880576 - flexible structure in legal documents provides a well ordered record
880577 - for uniform reference, explained further below. ref SDS 0 QB8J
880579 -  ..
880580 - Line numbers are not common to writing outside the legal profession
880581 - for two (2) related reasons...
880582 -
880583 -        1.  A well ordered record takes time that costs a lot of money.
880584 -            Litigation concerns a very limited history, and requires
880585 -            experts called lawyers and court reporters to create a well
880586 -            ordered record for discovering the truth about complex
880587 -            facts that occurred years earlier.  People writing outside
880588 -            the law do not have help to maintain a well ordered record.
880589 -            The size, variety, and dynamics of continually expanding
880590 -            information overwhelm efforts to maintain a well ordered
880591 -            record, beyond filing cabinets and computer directories.
880593 -             ..
880594 -        2.  Truth is less important in writing outside the law than
880595 -            creating insiprational and attractive narrative that fits
880596 -            human biology receiving and sending information that
880597 -            influences the conscious span of attention in the moment.
880598 -            ref SDS 0 C29X
880600 -  ..
880601 - Since the cost is very high for a well ordered record in legal
880602 - practice to understand a small, fixed part of work history, and since
880603 - managing continuous information streams that optimize creativity,
880604 - discussed above, ref SDS 0 C29X, is much more difficult applied to
880605 - everything that occurs in complex daily work, and since truth is less
880606 - important than inspiring, entertaining writing, i.e., people spend
880607 - more time selling than on accuracy, line numbers are not commonly used
880608 - to provide a well ordered record, and so are not familiar to most
880609 - people.
880611 -  ..
880612 - Long experience in a culture familiarizing people with documents that
880613 - have no line numbers inoculates people against benefits of a well
880614 - ordered record, ref SDS 0 OP4H, compared to experiencing benefits of
880615 - publishing documents with attractive appearance. ref SDS 0 C29X
880616 - Historically, publishing quality appearance gave some assurance of
880617 - accurate content, because publishing boods and articles in magazines
880618 - takes a lot of expensive work, including editing and fact checking.
880619 - Cultural forces over thousands of years enabled people to rely on the
880620 - publisher to review content that justifies the expense of making
880621 - documents look good.  Today, wordprocessing software for personal
880622 - computers has reduced the cost of publishing.  Anyone can create
880623 - documents that look good without the time and expense of vetting
880624 - content.  This experience fosters a paradigm of professionalism based
880625 - on appearance, rather than accuracy.
880627 -                 ..
880628 -                [On 980307 Andy Grove reports experience at Intel shows
880629 -                that people like to work on familiar things in familiar
880630 -                ways. ref SDS 54 3740
880632 -  ..
880633 - This simple equation elevating appearance over order yields a blizzard
880634 - of beautiful documents churned out by bureaucracies.  People are
880635 - buried with information overload that degrades accuracy and therefore
880636 - productivity.  Span of attention is constantly overwhelmed with
880637 - complexity, confusion, and chaos that creates endless mistakes, i.e.,
880638 - bumbling, loss, conflict, and tragedy.
880639 -
880640 -                [On 970707 US Air Force study shows management systems
880641 -                eventually fail under the weight of information
880642 -                overload. ref SDS 51 0108
880644 -                 ..
880645 -                [On 020820 truth is annoying and does not move the
880646 -                conversation forward, because nobody can relax, when
880647 -                truth is important. ref SDS 82 V66I
880649 -  ..
880650 - SDS enables a new way of working that supports both continuity for
880651 - creativity, and order for management by extending the flexible
880652 - structure of alphabet technology, leading to a practice of working
880653 - intelligently for creative management.
880655 -  ..
880656 - Granularity of SDS line numbers expand traditional punctuation to
880657 - manage continuous narrative with an overarching shallow outline that
880658 - constructs a well orcered record, see below. ref SDS 0 T1VQ  Time,
880659 - context, and connections add flexible structures to increase command
880660 - and control at very low levels of granularity in the record (see below
880661 - for "history," ref SDS 0 L14M) that converts information into the
880662 - power of knowledge. see above, ref SDS 0 TP8O
880664 -  ..
880665 - Outlining provides the lowest level of control.
880667 -  ..
880668 - Traditional outlining decomposes creative narrative into an organic
880669 - structure to understand correlations through visual presentation of
880670 - order.  Outline structure adds control to narrative text with unique
880671 - address nodes that facilitate navigation for quickly finding specific
880672 - information, shown by example below. ref SDS 0 PQ7I  Decomposition of
880673 - text while aiding analysis and navigation, eviscerates the creative
880674 - dimension of a narrative "story" to inspire awakening of new meaning.
880675 - ref SDS 0 TJ4H  Analysis with traditional outlining is a powerful
880676 - tool, and so takes much longer than traditonal narrative text.  As a
880677 - result, outlining is rarely used in most documents.
880679 -         ..
880680 -        [On 021107 support for outlining increased. ref SDS 85 W16K
880682 -  ..
880683 - Shallow outlining provides highly granular control with an overarching
880684 - numbering system for each line of text, explained below. ref SDS 0
880685 - T1VQ  People can write creatively with spontaneous, inspired
880686 - narrative.  People can also use traditional outlining, as time and
880687 - necessity dictate.  The SDS design strikes a balance using flexible
880688 - structure for command and control that complements creativity to tell
880689 - the "story" of daily work.
880691 -         ..
880692 -        [On 040312 locality principle - energy released connecting
880693 -        cause and effect yields the power of knowledge to control the
880694 -        future. ref SDS 95 YH4G
880696 -  ..
880697 - A "story" covers many "subjects" about human affairs in relation to
880698 - objectives, requirements and commitments (see "big picture" below,
880699 - ref SDS 0 G14K).
880701 -         ..
880702 -        [On 940609 explained value of writing relative to pictures and
880703 -        conversation for analysis and understanding, ref SDS 24 8854
880705 -  ..
880706 - History accumulates stories that have common subjects.  The meaning of
880707 - a story is enriched by associating related context from prior events
880708 - because chronology imparts sequence that conveys cause and effect,
880709 - which drives human reasoning needed for survival (see "subjects" in
880710 - Big Picture, below. ref SDS 0 RC5K and ref SDS 0 428F).  Organizing
880711 - information with the rigidity of traditional formality common to
880712 - "forms management," reduces the power of creativity in telling the
880713 - story with clear, concise, complete narrative that can, also, inspire
880714 - action; yet, stories without organization to impart the weight of
880715 - accurate history can mislead by conveying incorrect understanding of
880716 - cause and effect.  Balancing rigid formality with chaotic flexibility
880717 - requires a design that organizes records with flexible structure,
880718 - explained above. ref SDS 0 P13O
880720 -      ..
880721 -     [On 960518 research shows human memory is fragile; meaning drifts
880722 -     away over time which makes "truth" a moving target that causes
880723 -     lots of mistakes, i.e., bumbling. ref SDS 45 3734
880725 -      ..
880726 -     [On 990303 research shows human memory automatically recodes
880727 -     information to help remember by paraphrasing; this causes meaning
880728 -     drift that reduces long-term memory. ref SDS 59 2838
880730 -  ..
880731 - Connecting parts of a current story to parts of earlier stories for
880732 - understanding context of background across time and distance reflects
880733 - the human mind's natural process of drawing on experience for growing
880734 - knowledge of cause and effect to reason intelligently.  Reasoning
880735 - connects common elements of a story, which is strengthened by linking
880736 - and organizing with assignments from the subject index for Context
880737 - Management.  SDS offers a new way of working by thinking through
880738 - writing that augments intelligence, explained in POIMS. ref OF 17 3742
880739 -
880740 -     [On 940327 Morris noted SDS linking enables self-evident benefits
880741 -     of better memory; remembering dates that impart chronology of
880742 -     cause and effect is difficult; SDS makes remembering chronology
880743 -     fast and easy. ref SDS 22 J496
880745 -  ..
880746 - The design of SDS "flexible structure" enables natural, free flowing
880747 - narrative, described above, ref SDS 0 T16K, within a spreadsheet-like
880748 - format that provides command and control for making connections, also
880749 - explained above. ref SDS 0 WN6J  A baseline "shallow outline"
880750 - structure is manintained automatically with line numbering, per below,
880751 - ref SDS 0 T1VQ, and so does not interfere with traditional practice of
880752 - creative writing.  People can write as much as needed without
880753 - limitations of a rigid, bureaucratic "form." Yet, the program overlays
880754 - a baseline formal structure to manage content.  SDS automatically
880755 - connects related events into a continuous case study based on context.
880756 - Additional structure can be easily added to find and manage
880757 - information quickly. see POIMS. ref OF 17 M17I
880758 -
880759 -     [On 890809 discussed flexible structure with Morris. ref SDS 7
880760 -     6047
880762 -      ..
880763 -     [On 950204 SDS provides a lot of firepower to improve thinking
880764 -     through writing that strengthens management practice. ref SDS 30
880765 -     4995
880767 -      ..
880768 -     [On 000709 Bill DeHart explained advantage of SDS flexible
880769 -     structure that provides better organization than other methods.
880770 -     ref SDS 70 0052
880772 -      ..
880773 -     [On 080531 Morris working on SDS program to support flexible
880774 -     structure with "shallow outlining" for command and control of the
880775 -     record. ref SDS B3 MN5F
880776 -
880777 -
880778 -
8808 -

SUBJECTS
Line Numbers Spreadsheet for Knowledge Granularity Complement Time C

AW03 -
AW0401 -  ..
AW0402 - Line Numbers Spreadsheet for Knowledge Complement Time Context
AW0403 - Shallow Outline Line Numbers Linear Nodes Flexible Structure
AW0404 - Flexible Structure Line Numbers Complement Coordinates Time Subjects
AW0405 - Spreadsheet for Knowledge Flexible Structure Time Subjects Line Numbers
AW0406 -
AW0407 - Line numbers enable a new way of working at the lowest level of
AW0408 - flexible structure for a well ordered record to increase command and
AW0409 - control of daily work, explained in POIMS. ref OF 17 1113  Linear
AW0410 - nodes uniquely number each line of text to expand traditional
AW0411 - punctuation for highly granular control of writing with the flexible
AW0412 - structure of alphabet technology, discussed above. ref SDS 0 T16K
AW0414 -  ..
AW0415 - Legal practice uses "pleading paper" for a well ordered record that
AW0416 - identifies every line of written text with a unique number.  Order
AW0417 - magnifies the power to discover correlations, implications, and nuance
AW0418 - that make sense of complexity.  People are in awe and often loath the
AW0419 - microscope of the law that uses line numbers for granular control of
AW0420 - highly flexible written text, see above. ref SDS 0 C29X  Line numbers
AW0421 - provide a vertical axis for uniform reference to navigate a record on
AW0422 - very narrow issues in dispute.  In trial, lawyers ask the witness to
AW0423 - examine...
AW0424 -
AW0425 -            Plaintiff's exhibit P15 page 20 line 22.
AW0427 -  ..
AW0428 - This is a simple, direct way to communicate with granular precision
AW0429 - that everyone can follow at the time, and any time later using uniform
AW0430 - reference of specific details in the record.  Precision access is very
AW0431 - difficult and ponderous without line numbers, due to the continuous
AW0432 - flow of traditional text, discussed above. ref SDS 0 C29X
AW0434 -         ..
AW0435 -        [On 960620 flexible structure led to concept of Knowledge Space
AW0436 -        using a "spreadsheet" for knowledge. ref SDS 46 3516
AW0438 -  ..
AW0439 - Law is a reactive solution to aid communication by processing a
AW0440 - static, well ordered record of a few events that occurred years in the
AW0441 - past.
AW0443 -  ..
AW0444 - SDS enables proactive management with a well ordered record to improve
AW0445 - daily work, so there are fewer legal disputes to resolve.  Writing
AW0446 - things down and organizaing the record provides "order" for precision
AW0447 - access that leverages intelligence understanding cause and effect.
AW0448 - Improving alphabet technology to think, remember, and communicate in a
AW0449 - spreadsheet for knowledge enables people to discover correlations,
AW0450 - implications, and nuance that guide daily action solving problems and
AW0451 - seizing opportunities in time to be effective.
AW0453 -  ..
AW0454 - Proactive management of a dynamic record creates solutions and avoids
AW0455 - mistakes by aligning daily work with objectives, requirements, and
AW0456 - commitments set in the past, and which evolve over time.  Maintaining
AW0457 - order through continual alignment transforms complex, confusing, and
AW0458 - conflicting information streams into a well ordered record of personal
AW0459 - and organizational integrated memory and management for research,
AW0460 - correspondence, calls, meetings, books, articles, analysis, planning
AW0461 - and performing work. see POIMS. ref OF 15 1101  Complexity of 30
AW0462 - elements that routinely occur every day on the job, ref OF 14 6011,
AW0463 - requires a fast, simple, flexible solution for proactive management to
AW0464 - have uniform reference of a dynamic record.
AW0466 -  ..
AW0467 - Line numbers provide a simple, immediate first order shallow outline
AW0468 - structure in SDS to manage context and navigate in the midst of
AW0469 - constant complexity.
AW0471 -  ..
AW0472 - SDS records can have hundreds, even thousands of lines, much longer
AW0473 - than 28 lines in legal practice.  A flexible structure of line numbers
AW0474 - provides a unique shallow outline design that provides order in
AW0475 - narrative text on multiple discusisons from calls and meetings
AW0476 - throughout the day at various times, and may contain parts of
AW0477 - documents, specifications, books, articles, report entire
AW0478 - correspondence issued and received, present test reports, perform
AW0479 - research, planning, etc., that forms a highly complex record.
AW0480 - Differentiating information streams accurately within a single record
AW0481 - requires combining conventional outlining with the shallow outline for
AW0482 - overarching order.  This is a new way of working using line numbers
AW0483 - for special punctuation at the lowest level of control for the
AW0484 - flexible structure of writing, discussed above. ref SDS 0 C29X
AW0486 -         ..
AW0487 -        [On 020217 benefits of shallow outline structure with line
AW0488 -        numbers was noted by Roy Roebuck at DOD. ref SDS 78 3105
AW0490 -  ..
AW0491 - Line numbers provide a vertical axis that complements coordinates of
AW0492 - chronology, context, and connection to provide a "spreadsheet for
AW0493 - knowledge" (see above, ref SDS 0 5C6L).  A well ordered record where
AW0494 - everything is in the right place at the right time aids mental metrics
AW0495 - for accuracy with precision access, explained above. ref SDS 0 T18R
AW0496 - Fast, accurate communication navigating through complex records using
AW0497 - granular control of text for uniform reference improves discussion,
AW0498 - understanding.
AW0500 -         ..
AW0501 -        [On 010425 Morris Jones reports SDS is a utopia because
AW0502 -        everything is in the right place at the right time. ref SDS 74
AW0503 -        EP7F
AW0505 -  ..
AW0506 - Increasing speed and accuracy finding information at the lowest level
AW0507 - of control in a well ordered record improves productivity through
AW0508 - collaboration for taking complementary action that reduces conflicts
AW0509 - and mistakes.  Optimizing navigation with flexible structure in a
AW0510 - complex, dynamic record provides an effective "spreadsheet for
AW0511 - knowledge"...
AW0513 -             ..
AW0514 -            Go to date x and time y, at line z to find analysis on
AW0515 -            subject "abc."
AW0517 -  ..
AW0518 - SDS significantly expands legal practice using a special form of line
AW0519 - numbers for new dimension of punctuation for granular identification
AW0520 - of location with a unique address to navigate complex records.
AW0521 - ref SDS 0 QB8J  Like all punctuation, people can make mistakes by
AW0522 - typing over line numbers; the SDS program automatically restores line
AW0523 - numbers, in some cases, explained below. ref SDS 0 YN8J
AW0525 -         ..
AW0526 -        [On 960620 flexible structure led to concept of Knowledge Space
AW0527 -        using a "spreadsheet" for knowledge. ref SDS 46 3516
AW0529 -         ..
AW0530 -        [On 070831 12 units of information with granularity yield
AW0531 -        effective Communication Metrics. ref SDS A7 SG9T
AW0533 -  ..
AW0534 - SDS unique line numbers for shallow outlining creates a strong visual
AW0535 - scheme that distinguishes the structure of knowledge from familiar
AW0536 - formats for information in "documents" created with wordprocessing,
AW0537 - explained above. ref SDS 0 5C6L
AW0539 -  ..
AW0540 - Line numbers are not needed for documents to tell a "story," per
AW0541 - above. ref SDS 0 HI5M  Flexible structure of line numbers maintain a
AW0542 - well ordered record for command and control to efficiently manage
AW0543 - construction of narrative (see "navigate" above, ref SDS 0 5C6L), with
AW0544 - connections to references, see below, ref SDS 0 6J6G, and organizing
AW0545 - analysis of content for documents, meetings, calls, research, etc.
AW0546 - The long history using line numbers in legal practice supports
AW0547 - experience using line numbers in SDS over the past four (4) years.
AW0548 - ref SDS 0 QB8J
AW0550 -         ..
AW0551 -        [On 950927 spreadsheet for knowledge discussed at Intel.
AW0552 -        ref SDS 36 51HP
AW0554 -  ..
AW0555 - SDS line numbers create "vertical forms" with unlimited fields to
AW0556 - manage flexible content of written narrative.  Line numbers complement
AW0557 - links, time, and context for command and control of the record.
AW0558 - ref SDS 0 TP8O  Flexibility to enter continuous narrative with
AW0559 - inherent order of line numbers, record segments, Control Fields, and
AW0560 - headlines, (see above, ref SDS 0 VM8N), and to add traditional outline
AW0561 - structure (see example, ref SDS 0 PQ7I, increases command and control
AW0562 - to make sense of complexity in the microcosm of daily work, explained
AW0563 - in POIMS. ref OF 17 1113
AW0565 -         ..
AW0566 -        [On 941221 developed 99+ counters for line numbers to expand
AW0567 -        flexible fields in SDS and Contact records. ref SDS 29 0001
AW0569 -  ..
AW0570 - Linear nodes are used in SDS records and Contact records for flexible
AW0571 - structure.
AW0572 -
AW0573 -        [On 910314 improving line numbers in Contact records.
AW0574 -        ref SDS 12 0201
AW0576 -         ..
AW0577 -        [On 950204 mental metrics innately construct a flexible
AW0578 -        structure for knowledge. ref SDS 30 AK5L
AW0580 -         ..
AW0581 -        [On 940327 SDS linking self-evident benefit that helps people
AW0582 -        rememeber where to find things. ref SDS 22 J496
AW0584 -         ..
AW0585 -        [On 960406 finding information with conventional information
AW0586 -        technology problematic, nobody can find anything on computers.
AW0587 -        ref SDS 44 5922
AW0589 -         ..
AW0590 -        [On 960620 flexible structure led to concept of Knowledge Space
AW0591 -        using a "spreadsheet" for knowledge. ref SDS 46 3516
AW0593 -         ..
AW0594 -        [On 030118 SDS outline support enhanced. ref SDS 88 0001
AW0596 -         ..
AW0597 -        [On 031215 flexible structure supported by Freeman's PhD thesis on
AW0598 -        Lifestreams published in 1997 calling for flexible summarizing.
AW0599 -        ref SDS 92 E38N
AW0601 -         ..
AW0602 -        [On 071220 example Jack Park using line numbers to orient
AW0603 -        references in Knowledge Space rather than use links.
AW0604 -        ref SDS B0 XZ6J
AW0606 -         ..
AW0607 -        [On 080611 Morris uses line numbers to focus near term
AW0608 -        communication, ref SDS B4 M38T, and comments that experience
AW0609 -        using wordprocessing does not convince people to use line
AW0610 -        numbers for a well ordred record, feeling that editing to
AW0611 -        refine understanding prevents long term use, ref SDS B4 M34P
AW0613 -  ..
AW0614 - Continual revision over months, and years thinking, remembering,
AW0615 - planning, organizing, aligning, summarizing, and discovering
AW0616 - correlations, implications, and nuance transform complexity and
AW0617 - confusion into the power of "knowledge" to control the future with
AW0618 - accurate understanding of cause and effect.  Without structure,
AW0619 - understanding complex events degrades into disorder, confusion, error,
AW0620 - delay, loss, conflict, and tragedy.
AW0622 -  ..
AW0623 - Line numbers organize records for processing with associations to
AW0624 - functions and subjects that assign "meaning" to text.  SDS design of
AW0625 - specialized line numbers provide flexible fields that integrate diary,
AW0626 - schedule, contacts, documents, prior events, and connections.  Line
AW0627 - numbers control a critical mass of complementary elements to manage
AW0628 - free-form narrative with connections that leverage disparate meaning
AW0629 - across space and time into the power of knowledge that controls the
AW0630 - future, explained above. ref SDS 0 DS5H
AW0632 -         ..
AW0633 -        [On 040312 the irreversibility of time dissipates order with
AW0634 -        rising entropy under the 2nd law of thermodynamcis, reviewed on
AW0635 -        040312, ref SDS 96 566F; line numbers provide an easy method to
AW0636 -        maintain order with minimal effort that yields the power of
AW0637 -        knowledge to control the future under the locality principle,
AW0638 -        also reviewed 040312. ref SDS 95 YH4G
AW0640 -         ..
AW0641 -        [On 080426 Gary Johnson presents analysis in a record on 080425
AW0642 -        that line numbers are not needed; tagging systems provide
AW0643 -        flexible structure to maintain order in the record, ref SDS B2
AW0644 -        PE5H, from continual "refactoring" cited by Gary on 001222.
AW0645 -        ref SDS B2 4K9M
AW0647 -  ..
AW0648 - Flexiblity to add conventional outline structure for narrative text
AW0649 - within an overarching shallow outline structure of line numbers, and
AW0650 - without requiring special setup, gives people immediacy to analyze or
AW0651 - be creative.  Immediacy switching between outline and narrative
AW0652 - formatting, while at all times every line is uniquely identified for
AW0653 - uniform reference maintains a well ordered record that facilitates
AW0654 - discovering correlations, implications, and nuance in time to be
AW0655 - effective.
AW0656 -
AW0658 -  ..
AW0659 - Vertical forms created with SDS line numbers, explained above,
AW0660 - ref SDS 0 SJ4N, provide benefits of traditional forms to organize
AW0661 - complex information.  Flexible structure enables creativity by
AW0662 - eliminating rigid boxes.  This design manages all information streams
AW0663 - that occur in daily work...
AW0664 -
AW0665 -            1.  record descriptions integrated with the schedule.
AW0667 -                 ..
AW0668 -            2.  contacts, with multi-line presentation, and list all
AW0669 -                required for the record.
AW0671 -                 ..
AW0672 -            3.  references...
AW0673 -
AW0674 -                a.  prior related events
AW0676 -                     ..
AW0677 -                b.  document log...
AW0678 -
AW0679 -                    1)  formal correspondence
AW0680 -
AW0681 -                        a)  received today
AW0682 -                        b)  received prior
AW0683 -                        c)  issued today
AW0684 -                        d)  issued prior
AW0686 -                         ..
AW0687 -                    2)  Publications
AW0688 -
AW0689 -                        a)  books
AW0690 -                        b)  magazines
AW0691 -                        c)  newspapers
AW0692 -                        d)  Internet
AW0694 -                         ..
AW0695 -                    3)  Other files
AW0696 -
AW0697 -                        a)  reports
AW0698 -                        b)  plans
AW0699 -                        c)  specifications
AW0700 -                        d)  movies
AW0701 -                        e)  software code
AW0703 -                 ..
AW0704 -            4.  Control fields and narrative as much as needed.
AW0706 -  ..
AW0707 - The "story" of daily work captured with written text for comprehensive
AW0708 - history, per above, ref SDS 0 R78I, is organized for making sense of
AW0709 - complex issues and events.  Line numbers provide a well ordered record
AW0710 - with flexible structure to write what is needed, rather than what fits
AW0711 - in a box.  Flexibility to switch between narrative writing and
AW0712 - conventional outlining with lists, and tables, per above, ref SDS 0
AW0713 - JH5N, all within an over arching shallow outline structure combined
AW0714 - with access to a rich assortment of references, ref SDS 0 6J6G, plus
AW0715 - links that form trails of associations improve accuracy and expand
AW0716 - span of attention.
AW0718 -  ..
AW0719 - The SDS design leverages inherent advantages of electronic speed using
AW0720 - computers to provide a lot of firepower for creativity, explained
AW0721 - above, ref SDS 0 RS8G  Control Fields segment the story into
AW0722 - contextual frames, called "subjects" or "categories," like a book is
AW0723 - organized into chapters, except on a larger scale, because electronics
AW0724 - make it practical to recognize narrow and specific context, down to a
AW0725 - paragraph, if that seems helpful.  Flexible structure of line numbers
AW0726 - increases benefits of traditional subject identification.  A paragraph
AW0727 - or series of paragraphs can have many subjects, 10, 20, 40, based on
AW0728 - the organic structure of context, explained below. ref SDS 0 VP3N
AW0729 -
AW0730 -        [On 940901 line numbers explained with diagram of SDS
AW0731 -        structure. ref SDS 28 9009
AW0733 -         ..
AW0734 -        [On 960620 flexible structure led to concept of Knowledge Space
AW0735 -        using a "spreadsheet" for knowledge. ref SDS 46 3516
AW0736 -
AW0737 -
AW0738 -
AW0739 -
AW08 -

SUBJECTS
Flexible Structure Harder to Learn Easier to Make Mistakes than Trad

C703 -
C70401 -  ..
C70402 - Fragile Mistakes Easy with Flexible Structure Frustrating
C70403 - Flexible Structure Learn Knowledge Space Powerful Fragile Line Numbers
C70404 - Learn New Way Working Time Training Knowledge Space Powerful Fragile
C70405 -
C70406 - Flexibility, explained above, ref SDS 0 P13O, is powerful, but is also
C70407 - more fragile than a rigid form.  For example, alphabet technology is
C70408 - powerful because it is not significantly constrained by a form.
C70409 - Speech and writing allow full self-expression drawing on memory of
C70410 - relevant experience to communicate.
C70412 -  ..
C70413 - The SDS method of integrating creativity with a well ordered record,
C70414 - per above, ref SDS 0 C24K, adds structure to manage complexity of
C70415 - daily work captured quickly, and randomly as events unfold in a diary
C70416 - of written narrative (see above, ref SDS 0 QA5H).  Granularity of
C70417 - time, context, and connections, see above, ref SDS 0 TP8O, organize
C70418 - text with linear nodes (see again "line numbers," ref SDS 0 T1VQ) into
C70419 - record segments for constructing case studies that demonstrate cause
C70420 - and effect.  This requires learning a few conventions for converting
C70421 - information in the seemingly random story of life into a connected web
C70422 - of useful knowledge.  Structure turns experience into history linked
C70423 - to the context of human needs.  SDS applies structure to manage
C70424 - context within a paradigm of Knowledge Space that integrates personal
C70425 - and organizational memory to make sense of complexity in time to save
C70426 - lives, time, and money.
C70428 -  ..
C70429 - Traditional forms are easy to learn and use because application is
C70430 - rigid rather than "flexible.  A rigid format forces people to ignore a
C70431 - wide range of circumstances that occur in daily life which do not fit
C70432 - the form.  People therefore resist using forms because rigid formality
C70433 - stifles growth of knowledge and ideas.
C70435 -  ..
C70436 - Organized flexible structures in the SDS design empower creativity,
C70437 - but are harder to learn becasue it is easy to make mistakes that cause
C70438 - frustrations when applied incorreclty during the learning period, just
C70439 - like it is easy to make mistakes in spelling, punctuation and word
C70440 - selection to apply the flexibility of alphabet technology.  Flexible
C70441 - structure using SDS therefore presents a dilemma: good management to
C70442 - save time and money is fast and easy by following a few simple
C70443 - guidelines, but learning a new way of working requires forming new
C70444 - habits through initial practice.
C70445 -
C70446 -     [On 890809 Ross Armstrong reported software programs that can be
C70447 -     learned in about 20 minutes are successful at IBM; programs that
C70448 -     take longer to learn are frustrating. ref SDS 6 5U6K
C70450 -      ..
C70451 -     [On 921205 Stephen Covey reports that learning new habits is hard
C70452 -     to do. ref SDS 19 4803
C70454 -      ..
C70455 -     [On 020911 Tom Munnecke discussed challenge of learning to use the
C70456 -     flexible structure of SDS illustrates differences between
C70457 -     information tools and complex tools for knowledge work.
C70458 -     ref SDS 83 PV7H
C70460 -      ..
C70461 -     [On 021104 learning SDS illustrates challenge of learning powerful
C70462 -     technology with flexible structure that is fragile. ref SDS 84
C70463 -     QATW
C70465 -      ..
C70466 -     [On 030505 example of flexible structure causing inexplicable
C70467 -     errors; and work to reduce this problem. ref SDS 89 0001
C70468 -
C70469 -
C70470 -
C70471 -
C70472 -
C705 -

SUBJECTS
Subject Index Organizes Meaning Context Relevant Parts of Stories Ac

CI03 -
CI0401 -  ..
CI0402 - Memory Improved Links Connect Cause Effect Intelligence Accuracy
CI0403 - Granularity Links Improve Accuracy Intelligence Connect Cause Effect
CI0404 - Intelligence Flexible Structure Granular Links Improve Accuracy Memory
CI0405 - Links Connect Cause Effect into Power of Knowledge Across Time Distance
CI0406 -
CI0407 - Follow up ref SDS 1 OL6H.
CI0408 -
CI0409 - Making connections between stories solves historical problems of time
CI0410 - and distance causing memory to fade.  Links show an audit trail of
CI0411 - cause and effect based on context, called "causation" in legal work.
CI0412 - Common control criteria occur naturally in organic structures for
CI0413 - subject indexing daily work (see "picture" example below, ref SDS 0
CI0414 - 428F).  Managing alignment of content with links at the paragraph and
CI0415 - sentence level helps understand the meaning of correlations,
CI0416 - implications and nuance.  Better understanding avoids mistakes and
CI0417 - increases command and control of the work by finding critical details
CI0418 - quickly when needed to save lives, time, and money.
CI0419 -
CI0420 -      [On 960322 common control criteria natural organic structures for
CI0421 -      subject indexing. ref SDS 41 FG4M
CI0423 -       ..
CI0424 -      [On 000331 Jack Park asked how SDS creates so many links without
CI0425 -      using XML technology. ref SDS 67 TQ52
CI0427 -       ..
CI0428 -      [On 000425 Cliff Joslyn at LANL notices SDS makes constructing a
CI0429 -      connected record fast and easy. ref SDS 68 0001
CI0431 -       ..
CI0432 -      [On 020608 IBM is working on ways to organize "stories" for
CI0433 -      performing knowledge management. ref SDS 81 NP54
CI0435 -       ..
CI0436 -      [On 080206 Morris Jones asked how so many links can be created in
CI0437 -      email to precise locations in SDS records across vast differences
CI0438 -      in time. ref SDS B1 A68F
CI0440 -  ..
CI0441 - Accurate understanding that "connects the dots" of cause and effect
CI0442 - yields the power of knowledge for command and control of daily work.
CI0443 - Finding critical details for making connections requires efficient
CI0444 - tools to create and organize subjects.  Comprehensive granular
CI0445 - indexing of subjects manages unique events within multiple contextual
CI0446 - boundaries for assembling alternate associations from the expanding
CI0447 - complexity of daily life.  Flexibility managing context and chronology
CI0448 - connects stories of events for precision access to relevant history.
CI0449 - This grows knowledge of causation that fosters ideas for strategy and
CI0450 - planning.  SDS integrates relational and hierarchial associations with
CI0451 - multiple expressions to manage organic structure, explained developing
CI0452 - SDS Help on 880628. ref SDS 1 OL6H
CI0453 -
CI0454 -        [...below, Help for Subject Index refined. ref SDS 0 KV5H
CI0456 -         ..
CI0457 -        [On 960304 Vannevar Bush famous article in 1945 proposed
CI0458 -        paperless office efficiencies electronic records management
CI0459 -        required intelligence support for granular indexing and
CI0460 -        comprehensive links for working quickly and accurately.
CI0461 -        ref SDS 39 GX59
CI0463 -         ..
CI0464 -        [On 011102 Larry Prusak at IBM explains Knowledge Management
CI0465 -        strives to implement goals of "paperless office" for
CI0466 -        efficiencies performing records management, after discovering
CI0467 -        that merely storing information on computers overwhelms human
CI0468 -        mental biology and so degrades productivity. ref SDS 76 M24F
CI0469 -
CI0470 -
CI0471 -
CI0472 -
CI05 -

SUBJECTS
Context Organic Structure Assemble  Rlevance New Discoveries Remembe
SDS Subject Index Design Matrix Correlations Implications Nuance Obj

D404 -
D40501 -  ..
D40502 - Context Organic Structure Enables Assemble Relevance New Discoveries
D40503 - Remembering Subject Representations Requires Multiple Descriptions
D40504 - Organic Structure Context Multiple Ways Describe the Same Subject
D40505 - Subject Index Connects Stories Relevant to Understand Big Picture
D40506 -
D40507 - Follow up ref SDS 1 OL6H.
D40508 -
D40509 - Organic subject structure applies granular indexing to integrate
D40510 - personal and organizational memory and management, leading to the idea
D40511 - of POIMS, explained in the record on 880726, ref SDS 2 MH8N, and
D40512 - earlier on 880628 explaining indexing required to make paperless
D40513 - office productive. ref SDS 1 BI3G
D40515 -       ..
D40516 -      [On 060907 Gary Johnson lists scope for "huge task" of subject
D40517 -      indexing. ref SDS A4 IB6Q
D40518 -
D40520 -  ..
D40521 - Organize Everything Big Challenge Hard Work Big Benefits
D40522 - Knowledge Repository Library Science Dewey Decimal Organize Books
D40523 - Dewey Decimal System Organic Structure of Knowledge in Library Science
D40524 -
D40525 - Follow up ref SDS 1 WU49.
D40526 -
D40527 - The purpose of SDS subject index is to organize everything into a well
D40528 - ordered record that enables finding and retrieving the proverbial
D40529 - "needle in a haystack," and also assembling a chronology relevant to
D40530 - particular contextual boundaries showing cause and effect on anything
D40531 - in time to be effective saving lives, time, and money, as explained
D40532 - last year on 880628. ref SDS 1 02PS
D40534 -  ..
D40535 - How though can everything be organized for precision access?
D40537 -  ..
D40538 - Records Management has a long tradition in library science applying
D40539 - taxonomy keywords with work breakdown structure (WBS) practices.  The
D40540 - dewey decimal system beginning in 1878 standardized organization of
D40541 - books in a library using comprehensive representation of knowledge,
D40542 - though with minimal hierarchial organic structure.
D40544 -  ..
D40545 - Research on the Internet shows a location for OCLC...
D40546 -
D40547 -              http://www.oclc.org/dewey/about/
D40548 -
D40549 -    The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system, ref OF 28 7T3M,
D40550 -    devised by library pioneer Melvil Dewey in the 1870s and owned by
D40551 -    OCLC since 1988, provides a dynamic structure for the organization
D40552 -    of library collections.
D40554 -     ..
D40555 -    000 Generalities.............................. ref OF 28 0002
D40556 -    100 Philosophy & psychology................... ref OF 28 1000
D40557 -    200 Religion.................................. ref OF 28 2000
D40558 -    300 Social sciences........................... ref OF 28 3000
D40559 -    400 Language.................................. ref OF 28 4000
D40560 -    500 Natural sciences & mathematics............ ref OF 28 5000
D40561 -    600 Technology (Applied sciences)............. ref OF 28 6000
D40562 -    700 The arts.................................. ref OF 28 7000
D40563 -    800 Literature & rhetoric..................... ref OF 28 8000
D40564 -    900 Geography & history....................... ref OF 28 9000
D40566 -  ..
D40567 - Educational subjects organize teaching and learning.  Like library
D40568 - science, the established taxonomy for curriculum has evolved over
D40569 - thousands of years through trial and error
D40571 -  ..
D40572 - The challenge of organizing existence can be seen from the Dewey
D40573 - Decimal system placing "computer science" under "Generalities" account
D40574 - 004, ref OF 28 0002, rather than "Technology." ref OF 28 6000
D40575 - Similarly, "Dictionaries & encyclopedia" are listed under multiple
D40576 - accounts.  This suggests there is nothing intuitive nor "logical"
D40577 - about the listing, but rather requires extensive experience in order
D40578 - to anticipate where any particular book might be located.  Where, for
D40579 - example, might the "dictionary" be found in a typical library?
D40581 -  ..
D40582 - "Farming" is not listed in the DDS, but "orchards, fruits, and
D40583 - forestry" are included in the "Technology" account 634, lumped
D40584 - together with "household furnishings" account 645, "applied physics"
D40585 - account 621, and "roof covering" account 695.  For some reason, "lawn
D40586 - mowing" is not listed anywhere.
D40588 -  ..
D40589 - SDS addresses a much deeper problem to organize content in books and
D40590 - all daily activity, including school work, lectures, meetings, calls,
D40591 - reading, writing, observations, impressions, everything.  Since the
D40592 - human mind automatically manages deeper levels of organic structure
D40593 - than simple lists of book classification and school curriculum, there
D40594 - must be an organizing theory to guide practices and tools that improve
D40595 - the speed and accuracy of natural mental strength in like manner that
D40596 - an automobile leverages physical strength by magnifying slight effort
D40597 - pressing the accelerator pedal to greatly increase the speed and
D40598 - accuracy traveling from point a to b.
D40600 -  ..
D40601 - Is everything alphabetized at a single level?  Should a master list of
D40602 - "keywords" be maintained, or a bunch of smaller lists be linked
D40603 - together based on context?
D40604 -
D40605 -      [On 910221 organic subject structures apply DNA processes for
D40606 -      growing knowledge, and reflect alphabet technology of assembling
D40607 -      small meanings into larger organic structures called stories that
D40608 -      eventually comprise history. ref SDS 11 OP7M
D40610 -       ..
D40611 -      [On 910418 Byte article reports complexity of subject indexing.
D40612 -      ref SDS 13 5584
D40614 -       ..
D40615 -      [On 910611 explained organic subject structure in relation to
D40616 -      MBO. ref SDS 15 0001
D40618 -       ..
D40619 -      [On 950812 explained organic subject structure in NWO.
D40620 -      ref SDS 35 1111
D40622 -  ..
D40623 - This brings us back to the original challenge of remembering how
D40624 - people initially thought about things when the record was created, so
D40625 - that parts of the record that are relevant to current needs can be
D40626 - retreieved without being overwhelmed by all the other parts that are
D40627 - not relevant at the moment, but will be relevant to other issues at
D40628 - other moments.  How, as well, can parts of the record be retrieived
D40629 - that may not seem relevant to current needs, but really are needed to
D40630 - avoid making mistakes, i.e., how to expand span of attention.
D40631 -
D40632 -      [On 960325 Landauer discusses keyword retrieval in a paper
D40633 -      Plato's Problem. ref SDS 43 8445
D40635 -       ..
D40636 -      [On 970116 fractionalized subjects managing complexity with SDS
D40637 -      organic structure of context. ref SDS 48 1732
D40639 -  ..
D40640 - Putting everything into a single alphabetical list of "keywords" is
D40641 - not a good solution because the human mind does not work that way.  It
D40642 - seems to use pointers within small lists that fit current perspective
D40643 - based on near term events, i.e., span of attention.  We think of 4 or
D40644 - 5 things, and select one.  The subject selected points to 4 or 5 more
D40645 - things, and we select one that enables action in the moment.  If it
D40646 - doesn't work, we try to break it down further, or go back and select
D40647 - another path, if there is enough time, but usually there isn't so we
D40648 - select a best fit in the time available and move on.  If SDS is going
D40649 - to be helpful, it must somehow aid this process, i.e., leverage the
D40650 - way people think.
D40651 -
D40652 -      [On 891117 example of problem using keyword methods. ref SDS 8
D40653 -      5762
D40655 -       ..
D40656 -      [On 900303 Campbell's book on human cognition explains categories
D40657 -      enable people to process information with limited time and span
D40658 -      of attention. ref SDS 9 5555
D40660 -       ..
D40661 -      [On 971001 rework and cost escalate when span of attention is
D40662 -      overwhelmed; SDS organic subject structures expand span of
D40663 -      attention. ref SDS 52 4472
D40665 -       ..
D40666 -      [On 971008 SDS reduces rework to save time and money. ref SDS 53
D40667 -      1273
D40669 -       ..
D40670 -      [On 990303 limited span of attention enables the mind to handle
D40671 -      at most 7 subjects. ref SDS 59 5328
D40672 -
D40674 -  ..
D40675 - Finding Relevant Information Quickly for Making Connections
D40676 -
D40677 - The problem to solve is complexity from multiple ways to describe
D40678 - contextual frameworks, which include associations, relationships and
D40679 - structure that classify "subjects" like an event, letter, book,
D40680 - chapter, paragraph, sentence, conversation, concept, meeting, call,
D40681 - garden, automobile repair, bridge construction, everything..., because
D40682 - meaning and perspective drawn from current context is always somewhat
D40683 - different from prior occassions.
D40684 -
D40685 -      [On 890617 modified 03501 to scroll subject levels easier.
D40686 -      ref SDS 5 0001
D40688 -       ..
D40689 -      [On 910418 article Byte magazine presents challenges of context
D40690 -      management using organic structures to create and apply subject
D40691 -      indexing. ref SDS 13 YS49
D40693 -       ..
D40694 -      [On 940510 multiple meanings based on context makes subject
D40695 -      indexing difficult for organizing information on computers
D40696 -      presented in HBR article. ref SDS 23 3829
D40698 -       ..
D40699 -      [On 960324 Landauer's induction theory indicates subjects occur
D40700 -      from recognizing common patterns associated with other patterns.
D40701 -      ref SDS 42 YT6O
D40703 -       ..
D40704 -      [On 970116 fractionalized subjects managing complexity with SDS
D40705 -      organic structure of context. ref SDS 48 1732
D40707 -       ..
D40708 -      [On 031215 subject indexing difficult because information has
D40709 -      multiple meanings depending on context, excellent explanation
D40710 -      with examples in Freeman's PhD thesis paper at Yale presenting
D40711 -      Lifestreams to Professor Gelertner. ref SDS 92 K37H
D40713 -       ..
D40714 -      [On 040102 explain theory of SDS design to manage complexity with
D40715 -      flexible structure of Control Fields to create discrete segments
D40716 -      of memory that fit span of attention. ref SDS 94 OX6L
D40718 -  ..
D40719 - Complexity of existence, including actions people take individually,
D40720 - and in cooperation with others through community, cause the human
D40721 - mind, which itself is an organic structure, to "think" about and,
D40722 - therefore, describe and look for the order of cause and effect within
D40723 - patterns of context which enables predictability for similar patterns.
D40724 - At the conscious span of awareness, context that appears in the moment
D40725 - to be different and unrelated, in total, has common smaller elements,
D40726 - or "subjects" at lower levels of detail.  In other words, context has
D40727 - organic structure.  Order, structure, and patterns empower people with
D40728 - command and control of the work.
D40730 -         ..
D40731 -        [On 040312 science discovers order, structure, and pattern to
D40732 -        enable people to control the future. ref SDS 95 RP6K
D40733 -
D40734 -
D40735 -
D40736 -
D40737 -
D408 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Subject Index Design Matrix Correlations Implications Nuance Obj

DM03 -
DM0401 -  ..
DM0402 - Subject Index Matrix Correlations Implications Relational Hierarchial
DM0403 - Big Picture Represents Spatial Relationships SDS Managges Context
DM0404 - Relational Hierarchial Associations SDS Matrix Design Subject Index
DM0405 - Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) Methods Expanded Organic Subject Index
DM0406 -
DM0407 - A picture on the wall of a simple countryside represents relations of
DM0408 - size, shape, color, and space between sky, pasture, trees, hills, a
DM0409 - stream, a barn, a herd of cattle, a house, a well.  Each of these
DM0410 - smaller, organic "subjects" in the "big picture" represent work
DM0411 - breakdown structures with multiple relational and hierarchial
DM0412 - associations of cause and effect.  These subsidiary contextual frames
DM0413 - are difficult to represent in a picture. (see below visible and
DM0414 - evident contextual boundaries, ref SDS 0 RC5K, and further below
DM0415 - hidden frames, ref SDS 0 428F, to manage context of the "big
DM0416 - picture.")
DM0417 -
DM0418 -        [On 940827 example setting up relational and hierarchial
DM0419 -        subject index structures for PG&E to perform project with
DM0420 -        California Department of Water Resources (CDWR). ref SDS 27
DM0421 -        007R
DM0423 -         ..
DM0424 -        [On 000221 research for a Colloquium at Stanford on knowledge
DM0425 -        management found that organizing the work with subject indexing
DM0426 -        is a Pandora's Box of complexity. ref SDS 65 7455
DM0428 -         ..
DM0429 -        [On 000307 research sponsored by SRI for ad hoc team developing
DM0430 -        new technology found that knowledge management is a lot of hard
DM0431 -        work with conventional tools and practices.
DM0433 -         ..
DM0434 -        [On 070205 stories explain context to understand the meaning of
DM0435 -        pictures that capture of moments in time. ref SDS A6 DO3O
DM0436 -
DM0438 -  ..
DM0439 - Contextual Boundaries with Vast Organic Structure
DM0440 - Bottom Line Requires Comand Control Details in Big Picture
DM0441 - Big Picture Hides Correlations for Accurate Understanding of Context
DM0442 -
DM0443 - The barn, for example, in the "big picture" presents a contextual
DM0444 - boundary with vast subsidiary frames.  Inside the barn could be hay
DM0445 - stocked for the cows seen in the picture outside the barn.  Stalls for
DM0446 - horses need repair; equipment and tools are stored with a workbench
DM0447 - and supplies.  The vice on the workbench is broken, and needs to be
DM0448 - repaired in order to repair tools needed for operation of the ranch.
DM0449 - The sky has seasonal conditions of pressure, temperature, velocity,
DM0450 - and direction.  The stream has depth, history of annual flow, legal
DM0451 - rights constrain water use.  The ground has minerals that may sustain
DM0452 - or inhibit growing crops and feeding live stock, e.g., sheep, cattle,
DM0453 - pigs, etc.  Ownership of the land may have restrictions that limit
DM0454 - use.  These smaller "organic" subjects cannot be represented in even a
DM0455 - "big picture," yet require understanding a vastly complex matrix of
DM0456 - correlations, implications, and nuance in relation to objectives,
DM0457 - requirements, and commitments that empower people to accomplish tasks
DM0458 - at the right time and in the right order for realizing grand visions
DM0459 - of a "big picture" that yield a favorable "bottom line."
DM0461 -         ..
DM0462 -        [...below, context management tracked by organic subject
DM0463 -        structure is endlessly complex. ref SDS 0 428F
DM0465 -         ..
DM0466 -        [On 910810 SDS hybrid design dynamically integrates relational
DM0467 -        and hierarchial methods. ref SDS 16 7793
DM0469 -         ..
DM0470 -        [On 940609 pictures conversation convey cursory 1st impression
DM0471 -        false confidence fools gold, ref SDS 24 4933, leading to
DM0472 -        continual bumbling, ref SDS 24 4671, Alice in Wonderland
DM0473 -        management noted by Kissinger. ref SDS 24 4238
DM0475 -         ..
DM0476 -        [On 970116 fractionalized subjects managing complexity with SDS
DM0477 -        organic structure of context. ref SDS 48 1732
DM0479 -         ..
DM0480 -        [On 000515 pictures limited representation of multi-dimensional
DM0481 -        knowledge, ref SDS 69 3R5K, Peirce semiotic strives to capture
DM0482 -        continuous flow of human thought with exestential graphs.
DM0483 -        ref SDS 69 Y34F
DM0485 -         ..
DM0486 -        [On 010312 pictures need 1000 words to explain, noted by Eric
DM0487 -        Armstrong. ref SDS 72 MU62
DM0489 -         ..
DM0490 -        [On 031215 Gary listed elements of SDS that comprise both
DM0491 -        hierarchial and relational data base design. ref SDS 91 GN5J
DM0493 -         ..
DM0494 -        [On 040312 complexity without order, structure, patterns
DM0495 -        connecting cause and effect overwhelms people under the 2nd law
DM0496 -        of thermodynamics; people can ignore principles, but the laws
DM0497 -        of nature do not ignore people. ref SDS 96 4X5F
DM0499 -  ..
DM0500 - Work breakdown structure (WBS) can represent some relationships using
DM0501 - flexible flow chart methods to diagram organic structure.  A picture
DM0502 - diagrams fixed associations; for example, between cows and the barn,
DM0503 - the well and the house, and between sky and everything.
DM0504 -
DM0505 -        [On 920211 WBS uses organic structures, similar to SDS subject
DM0506 -        indexing; it is a hard job. ref SDS 17 5220
DM0508 -         ..
DM0509 -        [On 970406 WBS created for Richmond Harbor project, and applied
DM0510 -        for granular divisions of organic structure in the Subject
DM0511 -        Index. ref SDS 50 0001
DM0513 -         ..
DM0514 -        [On 981009 WBS application for subject index to manage the
DM0515 -        Moscone convention center expansion project. ref SDS 58 2845
DM0517 -         ..
DM0518 -        [On 020108 Morris descirbed SDS subject index applying WBS
DM0519 -        methods. ref SDS 77 GA9J
DM0520 -
DM0521 -
DM0522 -
DM06 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Subject Index Design Matrix Correlations Implications Nuance Obj

DS03 -
DS0401 -  ..
DS0402 - Needs Theory Shows Expansion Organic Subject Structure Objectives
DS0403 -
DS0404 - The SDS subject index expands flexibility and benefits of traditional
DS0405 - WBS and "big picture" methods for context management of the natural
DS0406 - hierarchy of human needs, explained in POIMS. ref OF 13 0367  For
DS0407 - example, Abraham Maslow's 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation"
DS0408 - explained that as basic needs are met, successively higher needs
DS0409 - motivate action, with the result that people are never satisfied, and
DS0410 - are constantly worrying and anxious about getting things done....
DS0411 -
DS0412 -        1.  Biological and Physiological needs - air, food, drink,
DS0413 -            shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc.
DS0415 -             ..
DS0416 -        2.  Safety needs - protection from elements, security, order,
DS0417 -            law, limits, stability, etc.
DS0419 -             ..
DS0420 -        3.  Belongingness and Love needs - work group, family,
DS0421 -            affection, relationships, etc.
DS0423 -             ..
DS0424 -        4.  Esteem needs - self-esteem, achievement, mastery,
DS0425 -            independence, status, dominance, prestige, managerial
DS0426 -            responsibility, etc.
DS0428 -             ..
DS0429 -        5.  Self-Actualization needs - realising personal potential,
DS0430 -            self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth and peak
DS0431 -            experiences.
DS0432 -
DS0433 -
DS0434 -
DS05 -

SUBJECTS
Filing Records Management Extremely Complex Organic Structure Human

E303 -
E30401 -  ..
E30402 - Filing Records Management Extremely Complex
E30403 - Common Storage Subject Index Replace Cross-reference Filing
E30404 - Cross-reference Filing Replaced Subject Index Computers Common Storage
E30405 - Granular Indexing New Way Working File Once Multiple Subject Pointers
E30406 -
E30407 - Command and control of the record constructs granular divisions of
E30408 - context that organize complexity into manageable explanations of daily
E30409 - work, commonly called "filing" using "folders" and file cabinets in
E30410 - traditional records management.
E30412 -  ..
E30413 - DNA-like organic structures frame somewhat arbitrary, but useful,
E30414 - contextual boundaries for human needs, see above, ref SDS 0 XT6O  This
E30415 - helps maintain order connecting cause and effect over long time spans
E30416 - (see "house" example below. ref SDS 0 428F)  Energy connecting cause
E30417 - and effect yields the power of knowledge to predict the future that
E30418 - enables command and control of the work.  People can organize,
E30419 - represent, and manage evolving, multiple relationships, including
E30420 - hierarchial structures, see again below. ref SDS 0 UP4U
E30422 -  ..
E30423 - Traditional records management tracks organic structure of meaning
E30424 - with cross-reference filing.  Documents are copied and placed in
E30425 - multiple folders including distribution to multiple people.  This
E30426 - takes a lot of time and expense, as bureacracies produce a lot of
E30427 - documents using computers and email for mass distribution.  Organizing
E30428 - the glut of information in documents to discover connections of cause
E30429 - and effect is very hard work, because people cannot construct a well
E30430 - ordered record, discussed above. ref SDS 0 A53H  Without timely,
E30431 - accurate understanding, management productivity falls due to
E30432 - complexity and confusion that create mistakes, bumbling, crisis, loss,
E30433 - and conflict.
E30435 -         ..
E30436 -        [On 970707 US Air Force study shows management systems
E30437 -        eventually fail under the weight of information overload.
E30438 -        ref SDS 51 0108
E30440 -  ..
E30441 - SDS addresses the problem with paperless office efficiencies of
E30442 - electronic records management, reviewed on 880628. ref SDS 1 GA6L
E30443 - Management by objectives (MBO) is another popular way to summarize the
E30444 - process.  Every objective is bound by context with multiple
E30445 - relationships and hierarchial patterns, like DNA that grows biological
E30446 - life from molecular structures.  Context management associates
E30447 - disparate events in the record with a matrix of correlations,
E30448 - implications, and nuance that flow from relational and hierarchial
E30449 - structures for objectives, requirements, and commitments.
E30450 -
E30451 -        [On 960304 Vannevar Bush proposed in 1945 robust indexing to
E30452 -        improve productivity with efficiencies of electronic records
E30453 -        management. ref SDS 39 PG5L
E30455 -  ..
E30456 - As noted, per above, ref SDS 0 T15F, work on 880628 created Help to
E30457 - explain the Subject Index applied with Control Fields that create
E30458 - record segments for improving productivity of traditional records
E30459 - management. ref SDS 1 OL6H
E30461 -  ..
E30462 - SDS Control Fields and granular indexing apply computer power to
E30463 - improve command and control of the record, eliminating traditional
E30464 - duplicate and cross-reference filing.  Information is saved once in
E30465 - common storage and segmented according to subjects identified in a
E30466 - hierarchial index that reflects the natural order of needs, per above.
E30467 - ref SDS 0 XT6O  This accomplishes a "paperless office" capability
E30468 - that avoids the time, cost, and frustrations of paper handling.
E30470 -         ..
E30471 -        [On 921127 proactive management aligns the work to discover
E30472 -        correlations, implications, and nuance that prevents small,
E30473 -        inconsequential details from exploding into major problems.
E30474 -        ref SDS 18 0674
E30476 -         ..
E30477 -        [On 940825 applied granular diversity for multiple views in the
E30478 -        subject index to support proactive management avoiding problems
E30479 -        and discovering opportunities to save time and money for CDWR
E30480 -        project at PG&E. ref SDS 26 XR6L
E30482 -         ..
E30483 -        [On 960322 common control criteria natural organic structures
E30484 -        for subject indexing. ref SDS 41 FG4M
E30486 -         ..
E30487 -        [On 040312 subject index makes complexity productive by
E30488 -        managing connections of cause and effect, ref SDS 96 5P9I,
E30489 -        under the locality principle, also, explained on 040312.
E30490 -        ref SDS 95 L22S
E30491 -
E30492 -
E305 -

SUBJECTS
Subjects Not Visible Big Picture Mapped Hierarchial Organic Structur

EY03 -
EY0401 -  ..
EY0402 - Hidden Context Makes Sense of Expanding Complexity in Big Picture
EY0403 - Contextual Boundaries Hidden from View in the Big Picture
EY0404 - Subjects Not Visible in Big Picture Represented by Organic Indexing
EY0405 - Big Picture Comprehension Discover Contextual Boundaries Cause Effect
EY0406 -
EY0407 - Electronic records management tracks thousands of details that cannot
EY0408 - be seen in the "big picture." For example, the house has a foundation,
EY0409 - floors, walls, rooms, doors, ceiling, roof, windows, etc. ref SDS 0
EY0410 - G14K  In turn, the "foundation" for the house has footings, utilities,
EY0411 - piers, a subgrade, etc.  All of these subjects have relational and
EY0412 - hierarchial associations with requirements, design, engineers,
EY0413 - architects, contractors, stakeholders, construction, defects, wear,
EY0414 - repair, replacement, warranty, insurance, cost, schedule, materials,
EY0415 - equipment, plus an array of consultants, lawyers, judges, juries,
EY0416 - regulators.  As well, cows need feed, water, protection, medical
EY0417 - attention, Bankers need mortgage payments.  The well needs a pump, and
EY0418 - distribution piping.  The wife of the family living in the home wants
EY0419 - to go on vacation, rather than buy a pump for the well.  The husband
EY0420 - wants the wife to have an operation for a bad back, rather than go on
EY0421 - vacation.  The oldest daughter wants to study medicine, rather than
EY0422 - fashion design and agriculture at the university.  Her sister wants to
EY0423 - buy a mortorcycle, rather than a horse.  The youngest son needs help
EY0424 - on a 4H project to clone hybrid stock; the storm basement needs to be
EY0425 - stocked for the tornado season, the exploration company needs storm
EY0426 - insurance, and more money to keep drilling for oil on the South forty.
EY0427 - The Fortune 500 company financing the drilling operations needs a
EY0428 - meeting to revise terms of agreement with the family and environmental
EY0429 - regulators because explorations so far indicate a much larger deposit
EY0430 - may be found than was specified in the approval permit.  The husband
EY0431 - and wife decide they need to attend a seminar in Hawaii on managing
EY0432 - complexity hidden by simplicity seeing only the "big picture.
EY0434 -  ..
EY0435 - SDS has unlimited range for representing an infinite variety of
EY0436 - relationships that arise from a simple picture of the countryside, per
EY0437 - above. ref SDS 0 G14K
EY0438 -
EY0439 -      [On 960406 example of key word methods people use striving for
EY0440 -      initial simplicity to save time, results in wasting enormous time
EY0441 -      later becasue nobody can find informaation. ref SDS 44 0218
EY0443 -       ..
EY0444 -      [On 970116 fractionalized subjects managing complexity with SDS
EY0445 -      organic structure of context. ref SDS 48 1732
EY0447 -       ..
EY0448 -      [On 000221 ontology study of organic structure of context
EY0449 -      Pandora's Box of complexity creating, managing, and using Subject
EY0450 -      Index. ref SDS 65 L58O
EY0452 -       ..
EY0453 -      [On 040312 complexity significantly leverages energy to increase
EY0454 -      productivity when order, pattern, and structure are maintained;
EY0455 -      but when connections of cause and effect are lost, productivity
EY0456 -      is paralyzed by chaos that overwhelms human cognition.
EY0457 -      ref SDS 96 1D6I
EY0459 -  ..
EY0460 - The story of daily work recorded as history, ideas, concepts, plans,
EY0461 - objectives, requirements, and commitments can be respresented as
EY0462 - organic building blocks, or structures with complementary hierarchial
EY0463 - and relational associations represented in SDS records.  The Subject
EY0464 - Index enables continuous mapping of SDS records to assemble at any
EY0465 - time small, seemingly inconsequential events, e.g., read a book, fix
EY0466 - the car, attend a meeting, write a report, mow the lawn, sign a
EY0467 - contract, visit the hospital, etc., into associations of larger
EY0468 - meanings, and, also, analyzed further to form new ideas, concepts, and
EY0469 - knowledge in the same way that DNA assembles small common organic
EY0470 - structures into a huge variety of bigger, independently living
EY0471 - organisms.  Similarly, human needs and objectives drive associations
EY0472 - the mind assembles to identify subjects that synthesize disparate
EY0473 - experience in guiding daily action.  Since needs evolve according to
EY0474 - context, the mind makes different subject associations for the same
EY0475 - information; and, since context occurs along a continuum, the range of
EY0476 - potential subjects for any body of information is large, and therefore
EY0477 - fluid.
EY0479 -  ..
EY0480 - This presents a dilemma to balance opposing processes of analysis to
EY0481 - break things down for finding critical details, with synthesis that
EY0482 - assembles relevant details for understanding correlations that present
EY0483 - a wide range of "big pictures," often with vastly different
EY0484 - implications, illustrated by the example developed today, per above.
EY0485 - ref SDS 0 G14K
EY0487 -  ..
EY0488 - SDS supports command and control of the record (see POIMS, ref OF 17
EY0489 - 1113, to both find small details in time to verify accuracy of
EY0490 - spontaneous impressions from situational awareness (see NWO,
EY0491 - ref OF 24 08XX), and, also, assemble contextually relevant parts of
EY0492 - the record into meaningful reports showing trends of cause and effect
EY0493 - that control the future.  Accurate understanding of relevant details
EY0494 - and trends that are otherwise hidden in a "sea of details," helps
EY0495 - manage complexity caused by continuous information streams from a
EY0496 - hectic schedule of meetings, calls, and documents.  Integrating
EY0497 - relational and hierarchial structures solves the problem of complexity
EY0498 - overwhelming conscious span of attention that is necessarily driven by
EY0499 - biological memory of the most recent experience on the basis of
EY0500 - "last-in-first-out."  Since everyone has different experience, and
EY0501 - even where people have common experience, the chance that people share
EY0502 - their last experience in common, or that the most relevant sequence of
EY0503 - experiences would be remembered in common is quite remote.
EY0505 -        ..
EY0506 -       [On 040312 complexity without order, structure, patterns
EY0507 -       connecting cause and effect overwhelms people under the 2nd law
EY0508 -       of thermodynamics; people can ignore principles, but the laws of
EY0509 -       nature do not ignore people. ref SDS 96 4X5F
EY0511 -  ..
EY0512 - For example, much different associations arise from seeing a picture,
EY0513 - per above, ref SDS 0 G14K, than from driving through the country and
EY0514 - getting a flat tire, even though the eyes absorb mostly the same big
EY0515 - "picture."  As well, different subjects, also, arise from working on a
EY0516 - farm in the country, than from getting a contract to build a barn, or
EY0517 - from visiting a farm to buy property, rather than to pick up a child
EY0518 - that may be visiting for the summer, etc.  Each of these scenarios are
EY0519 - comprised of mostly the same small building blocks of information, but
EY0520 - lead to thousands, even millions of different organic subject
EY0521 - structures, which easily overwhelm span of attention.
EY0522 -
EY0523 -       [On 970116 fractionalized subjects managing complexity with SDS
EY0524 -       organic structure of context. ref SDS 48 1732
EY0526 -        ..
EY0527 -       [On 990329 Pinker explains complexity of language that enables
EY0528 -       humans to understand the complexity of existence better than
EY0529 -       other creatures. ref SDS 60 ZN6G
EY0531 -        ..
EY0532 -       [On 010420 Jeff Conklin described cognitive overhead that takes
EY0533 -       time for creating links and to follow links; does not discuss
EY0534 -       organic structure which is a far larger issue. ref SDS 73 SU6K
EY0536 -        ..
EY0537 -       [On 060412 outline software explains advantages of writing for
EY0538 -       explaining meaning of pictures. ref SDS A2 IH3Y
EY0540 -  ..
EY0541 - The vastness of "subjects" for understanding even a simple "picture,"
EY0542 - per above, ref SDS 0 LV40, make common "filing" a hugely complex task
EY0543 - because at any moment all of the associations that categorize
EY0544 - information are not evident. ref SDS 0 428F  Most correlations,
EY0545 - implications, and nuances are hidden by complexity of near term
EY0546 - events: the last meeting, phone call, book, a trip to Fresno, a
EY0547 - television program, a conversation.  Daily activity constantly changes
EY0548 - the orientation of perspective about the context of information.  It
EY0549 - is a double edged sword that illuminates some organic structures, and
EY0550 - conceals others, because conscious span of attention is concerned
EY0551 - about needs in the moment.
EY0553 -  ..
EY0554 - SDS helps the mind differentiate context into lower levels of organic
EY0555 - subject structures that unlock deeper understanding of correlations,
EY0556 - implications and nuance.  Subjects can quickly and accurately assemble
EY0557 - knowledge of cause and effect about small details common to larger
EY0558 - objectives.  Faster, more accurate understanding enables better
EY0559 - decisions for taking action on a wider range of circumstances than
EY0560 - contemplated in the absence of using SDS.  This, technology therefore,
EY0561 - seems to leverage natural "intelligence." ref OF 17 2050
EY0562 -
EY0563 -     [On 910221 organic subject structures apply DNA processes for
EY0564 -     growing knowledge, and reflect alphabet technology of assembling
EY0565 -     small meanings into larger organic structures called stories that
EY0566 -     eventually comprise history. ref SDS 11 OP7M
EY0568 -      ..
EY0569 -     [On 900303 book on human cognition and AI explains categories
EY0570 -     enable people to process information with limited time and span of
EY0571 -     attention. ref SDS 9 5555
EY0573 -      ..
EY0574 -     [On 970116 "fractionalized subjects" reflects complexity of
EY0575 -     organic structure that occurs in existence. ref SDS 48 1732
EY0577 -  ..
EY0578 - Span of attention is always a prisoner of current circumstances, i.e.,
EY0579 - blinded by focus on immediate observations in the heat of battle,
EY0580 - causing the mind to look for subjects in an index that seem not to
EY0581 - exist, but in fact are simply described differently.  This augurs for
EY0582 - a dual system that associates alternate descriptions for the same
EY0583 - subject scope.  When alphabetized the mind has a much greater chance
EY0584 - to find information that fits current context, regardless of original
EY0585 - circumstances.  This helps solve the problem of current perspective
EY0586 - preventing the mind from finding needed knowledge in time to act.
EY0588 -  ..
EY0589 - In addition, subjects and meaning occur along a continuum. Therefore,
EY0590 - reviewing subject listings with alternate descriptions of the same
EY0591 - thing, also, positions the mind to observe and recognize closely
EY0592 - related subjects for consideration of correlations and implications
EY0593 - for current objectives, decisions and actions.  This greatly
EY0594 - expands span of attention.
EY0595 -
EY0596 -     [On 960320 improved SDS subject management. ref SDS 41 7749
EY0598 -      ..
EY0599 -     [On 960322 analysed SDS subject management. ref SDS 41 7749
EY0601 -      ..
EY0602 -     [On 971008 report by USACE shows SDS organic subject structure
EY0603 -     saves time and money by expanding span of attention so that errors
EY0604 -     that cause rework are avoided. ref SDS 53 1273
EY0605 -
EY0606 -
EY0607 -
EY07 -
EY0701 -
EY08 -

SUBJECTS
Complementarity Chronology Context Connections Paperless Office Harm

FZ03 -
FZ0401 -  ..
FZ0402 - Integrate Synergy Harmony Chronology Context Connections
FZ0403 - Paperless Office Efficiencies Electronic Records Management
FZ0404 - Complementarity Productivity Integrate Chronology Context Connections
FZ0405 -
FZ0406 - Follow up ref SDS 1 GA6L.
FZ0407 -
FZ0408 - Computers configured to support a well ordered record, explained
FZ0409 - above, ref SDS 0 TP8O, provide speed and precision access that solves
FZ0410 - the problem of information density which otherwise overwhelms people,
FZ0411 - causing endless mistakes, bumblng, loss, conflict, chaos, and tragedy.
FZ0412 - SDS supports a well ordered record for a much broader share of daily
FZ0413 - work, expanding legal practice for managing case records, also
FZ0414 - explained above. ref SDS 0 OP4H
FZ0416 -  ..
FZ0417 - Paperless office efficiencies of electronic records management require
FZ0418 - "precision access" from smoothly integrating flexible structures (see
FZ0419 - list above, ref SDS 0 P13O) applied with ease and harmony, so that
FZ0420 - each supports the other, called out in POIMS. ref OF 14 8559
FZ0421 - Complementarity from harmony between features and functions together
FZ0422 - with ergonomic usability applying left and right brain power yields
FZ0423 - synergy that makes the "paperless office" model productive. see POIMS,
FZ0424 - ref OF 16 6M5H,
FZ0426 -             ..
FZ0427 -            [On 960304 Vannevar Bush proposed in 1945 computers can
FZ0428 -            support paperless office for efficiencies of electronic
FZ0429 -            records management, ref SDS 39 H68K; requires 4 elements of
FZ0430 -            complementarity. ref SDS 39 GX59
FZ0432 -             ..
FZ0433 -            [On 020531 efficient usability required for complementarity
FZ0434 -            to optimize human potential using computers for integrated
FZ0435 -            functions and features that improve management
FZ0436 -            productivity. ref SDS 80 5M3G
FZ0438 -  ..
FZ0439 - Complementarity applying the "plan, perform, report" integrated SDS
FZ0440 - cycle supports a simple, conscious discipline ("scientific method")
FZ0441 - that leverages subconscious mechanics of "intelligence" for converting
FZ0442 - information into the power of knowledge, see POIMS, ref OF 13 0367, as
FZ0443 - a routine exercise creating work product that grows into a continuing
FZ0444 - resource, like an encyclopedia of personal and organizational memory,
FZ0445 - see POIMS. ref OF 16 6649
FZ0446 -
FZ0447 -            [On 991025 Peter Drucker proposes applying technology to
FZ0448 -            "routinize" cognitivie science applications for improving
FZ0449 -            practice of management. ref SDS 63 0785
FZ0451 -             ..
FZ0452 -            [On 021118 Bacon in England is credited among others for
FZ0453 -            "scientific method." ref SDS 87 N39H
FZ0455 -             ..
FZ0456 -            [On 040312 locality principle explains energy connecting
FZ0457 -            cause and effect yields the power of knowledge to predict
FZ0458 -            the future. ref SDS 95 YH4G
FZ0460 -             ..
FZ0461 -            [On 040312 complexity creates confusion and disorder until
FZ0462 -            complementarity adds energy to "connect the dots" into the
FZ0463 -            correct order of cause and effect applying chronology,
FZ0464 -            context, and connection, ref SDS 96 5P9I; without energy to
FZ0465 -            tend the garden of knowledge, disorder rises toward entropy
FZ0466 -            making complexity a crushing liability that overwhelms
FZ0467 -            human mental biology in confusion, conflict, crisis,
FZ0468 -            calamity, and chaos. ref SDS 96 W46M
FZ0470 -             ..
FZ0471 -            [On 040312 POIMS design fits complementarity principle of
FZ0472 -            quantum mechancs by extending a standard model of
FZ0473 -            communication using stream-of-conscious conversation,
FZ0474 -            meetings, calls, email, adding energy to connect the dots
FZ0475 -            of cause and effect that strengthen accuracy and timely
FZ0476 -            follow up. ref SDS 97 X66I
FZ0478 -             ..
FZ0479 -            [On 041213 Edison credited for scientific method practices
FZ0480 -            of thorough planning from prior work, careful experiments
FZ0481 -            following the plan, contemporaneous notes with analysis to
FZ0482 -            accurately understand results and discover correlations,
FZ0483 -            implications, nuance needed to plan next steps. ref SDS A1
FZ0484 -            DK4N
FZ0486 -             ..
FZ0487 -            [On 071113 Knowledge Mangement professional papers on
FZ0488 -            Technologies for Cooperation do not mention time,
FZ0489 -            chronology, context, connection, nor complementarity,
FZ0490 -            indicating SDS may complement popular solutions.
FZ0491 -            ref SDS A8 H74J
FZ0493 -  ..
FZ0494 - Complementarity between seven (7) elements of flexible structure (see
FZ0495 - above, ref SDS 0 TP8O) optimizes synergy from three (3) elements of
FZ0496 - "precision access" applied routinely...
FZ0497 -
FZ0498 -        1.  writing............ chronology
FZ0499 -        2.  indexing........... context
FZ0500 -        3.  linking............ connection
FZ0502 -  ..
FZ0503 - Precision access applied through SDS records enable processes that aid
FZ0504 - memory, thinking, reasoning, and by extension the practice of
FZ0505 - management....
FZ0506 -
FZ0507 -        1.  people, process, time.................. ref OF 3 015M
FZ0508 -        2.  plan, perform, report.................. ref OF 6 6649
FZ0509 -        3.  past, present, future.................. ref OF 6 1112
FZ0510 -        4.  chronology, context, connection........ ref OF 6 8555
FZ0511 -        5.  8-steps Communication Metrics.......... ref OF 6 685K
FZ0513 -                ..
FZ0514 -               [On 071212 SDS supports several powerful processes that
FZ0515 -               aid human thinking, and the practice of management.
FZ0516 -               ref SDS A9 Z48H
FZ0518 -  ..
FZ0519 - Writing to capture the record in a diary applies the granularity of
FZ0520 - time, called "chronology" that imparts cause and effect (see above,
FZ0521 - ref SDS 0 5C8H).  Organic structure applies granularity of context
FZ0522 - with rigorous subject indexing.  Multiple relational subject
FZ0523 - assignments to Control Fields form record segments at the paragraph
FZ0524 - level which complement flexible structures of time and line numbers,
FZ0525 - discussed above. ref SDS 0 T1VQ  Indexing at the paragraph level
FZ0526 - enables finding related history that expands span of attention to
FZ0527 - discover correlations, implications, and nuance associated with
FZ0528 - objectives, requirements, and commitments.
FZ0530 -  ..
FZ0531 - Finding relevant history makes constructing links fast and easy that
FZ0532 - verify accuracy connecting cause and effect.  Better accuracy
FZ0533 - organizing and connecting the record enables working intelligently to
FZ0534 - make sense of complexity, per example above. ref SDS 0 428F  Harmony
FZ0535 - integrating three (3) elements of chronology, context, and connection
FZ0536 - efficiently converts information into the power of knowledge,
FZ0537 - explained in POIMS. ref OF 16 8555  Complementarity from each element
FZ0538 - supporting the other increases synergy that improves productivity, see
FZ0539 - again POIMS. ref OF 14 8559
FZ0541 -        ..
FZ0542 -       [On 950204 explained synergy from SDS design that provides a lot
FZ0543 -       of firepower for working intelligently. ref SDS 30 4995
FZ0545 -        ..
FZ0546 -       [On 960304 Vannevar Bush proposed in 1945 requirements for
FZ0547 -       complementarity between electronic records management capturing
FZ0548 -       the record, rigorous subject indexing, and comprehensive trails
FZ0549 -       of association in order to make efficiencies of a paperless
FZ0550 -       office productive. ref SDS 39 GX59
FZ0552 -        ..
FZ0553 -       [On 980613 article reports paperless office efficiencies of
FZ0554 -       electronic records management have not been realized by creating
FZ0555 -       and storing information on computers; people overwhelmed by
FZ0556 -       information density because only SDS has tools that convert
FZ0557 -       information into knowledge. ref SDS 57 0526
FZ0559 -        ..
FZ0560 -       [On 000227 automatically organizing the record under many
FZ0561 -       headings may take decades to accomplish. ref SDS 66 AP9J
FZ0563 -        ..
FZ0564 -       [On 011102 Larry Prusak at IBM explains Knowledge Management
FZ0565 -       strives to implement "paperless office" for efficiencies of
FZ0566 -       electronic records management because merely storing information
FZ0567 -       on computers overwhelms human mental biology and so degrades
FZ0568 -       productivity without complementary support for context and
FZ0569 -       connections, i.e., Bush vision of "trails of associations."
FZ0570 -       ref SDS 76 M24F
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