Re: [unrev-II] Glossary - just breaking the ice on this task

From: Rod Welch (rowelch@attglobal.net)
Date: Thu Jun 01 2000 - 17:38:09 PDT

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    Bill,

    Great start on a big job. What do you think about providing links to sources
    for attribution, and examples to illustrate meaning, application, nuance. DKR
    needs some work..

    Rod

    Bill Bearden wrote:

    >
    >
    > Unfinished Revolution - The advance of computing technology has caused
    > a revolution in the way we conduct our lives. But an important part of
    > this revolution is not yet complete.
    >
    > Complex Problems - Hunger, the environment, uneven distribution of
    > wealth, are all examples of complex, global problems. Increasing humanity's
    > capacity to solve complex, global problems is itself a complex problem.
    >
    > Bootstrap Institute - Douglas Engelbart's not-for-profit organization
    > whose goal is to increase humanity's capability to solve complex, global
    > problems with the aid of computer technology.
    >
    > Human System - People, their organizations and natural capabilities.
    >
    > Tool System - People's technology. For example, the telephone.
    >
    > Co-Evolution - Evolution in sync - This is the idea that it does no
    > good for Tool System to advance to the point that people can't use them.
    > Tool Systems must advance in sync with the evolution of Human Systems.
    > The Frontier
    >
    > Capabilities Infrastructure - Every capability is dependent on other
    > capabilities. An example of this is: humanity's ability to feed itself is
    > currently dependent on its ability to produce chemical fertilizers and
    > pesticides.
    >
    > A Activities - The basic function of an organization
    >
    > B Activities - Activities that attempt to improve on the basic
    > function of an organization (See A Activities)
    >
    > C Activities - Activities that attempt to improve the improvement
    > process (see B Activities)
    >
    > Bootstrapping - The idea that improving a capability on which other
    > capabilities depend automatically improves the dependent capabilities
    >
    > Bootstrapping Index
    >
    > Colloquium - A series of lectures and discussions held at Stanford
    > University from 1/6/2000 to 3/9/2000.
    >
    > DKR - Dynamic Knowledge Repository - The development of a DKR is the
    > goal
    >
    > CoDIAK - Concurrent Development, Integration, and Application of
    > Knowledge - The DKR enables this
    >
    > OHS - Open Hyperdocument System - a capability on which the DKR
    > capability depends
    >
    > Collective IQ
    >
    > Intelligence System - Recorded Dialog + External Intelligence +
    > Knowledge Product -- The Intelligence System is one model of the high level
    > architecture of a DKR
    >
    > NIC - Network Improvement Communities - An organization made up of
    > dispersed people whose goal is to improve some process
    >
    > Meta-NIC - A NIC whose goal is to improve the processes of other NICs
    >
    > HPATs - High Performance Augmented Teams
    >
    > XML - Extensible Markup Language - A simpler form of SGML being
    > developed (along with a dozen other closely-related technologies) at the WWW
    > Consortium.
    >
    > Augment/NLS - A system developed by a team lead by Douglas Engelbart
    >
    > Data - Numbers quantifying something. For example, "It hit 85 degrees
    > outside today."
    >
    > Information - Data interpreted in the context of other data. For
    > example, "85 degrees is 5 degrees hotter than the average for today."
    >
    > Knowledge - Information, interpreted over time, that yields cause and
    > effect guidelines for future events. For example, "In this area, a 5 degree
    > increase in average temperature causes a 10% decrease in corn yields."
    >
    > Knowledge Container
    >
    > Ontology - A system of concepts and relationships that can be used to
    > encode a piece of knowledge
    >
    > Semantics
    >
    > Concept Graph
    >
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