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SUBJECTS
Specifications for OHS/DKR Requested
Find Anything Too Hard Need Search Engine
Find Everything Clues Design KM Solve Eric's Problem Cannot Find Anyt
CDS Requirements, OHS Specs
Request Help Finding Specifications on OHS
Technology Template Project, Doug Engelbart
Launch OHS Architecture, Doug Engelbart
CDR Specs Published, Lee Iverson
License Irrelevant to Developing Code for OHS/DKR Work Product Shows

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1311 -    ..
1312 - Summary/Objective
1313 -
131301 - Follow up ref SDS 30 0000.
131302 -
131303 - Eric comments today that despite understanding that license issues
131304 - were resolved last year nobody has submitted code.  Now that a member
131305 - of OHS/DKR has come forward planning to submit some code, Eric asks
131306 - for assistance to find the specifications he and others prepared for
131307 - an OHS/DKR. ref SDS 0 YN71  Difficulty finding information is a
131308 - widespread problem. ref SDS 0 GU4N  Used Eric's request to develop a
131309 - use case study by explaining steps for finding SDS records that may
131310 - have information he wants. ref SDS 0 425N  This yielded a list of
131311 - preliminary design documents prepared by Doug and Eric. ref SDS 0 C54O
131312 - There is also a listing of documents/specifications that Doug, Eric,
131313 - Jack and Lee have prepared. ref SDS 0 433K  Eric wants to see analysis
131314 - of OHS capabilities that have been implemented. ref SDS 0 YN77  His
131315 - work with SDS work product over the past few years give Eric
131316 - experience to support this evaluation. ref SDS 0 MV6O
131318 -      ..
131319 -     [...in another record today, used this record to develop a case
131320 -     study for preparing SDS records and using organic structure to
131321 -     leverage remembering the gist of information for finding
131322 -     information quickly. ref SDS 35 0001
131324 -  ..
131325 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to Eric with possible information on finding
131326 - specifications for OHS/DKR, per below. ref SDS 0 YN71
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131328 -      [On 030115 received feedback from Eric. ref SDS 36 E44L
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131331 -
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1316 - Progress
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131701 - OHS/DKR Knowledge about Knowledge Management Comes from Experience
131702 -
131703 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Eric Armstrong today saying in part...
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131705 -      I've been monitoring the list, wondering if anything was ever
131706 -      going to happen. I kept hearing about all the great open source
131707 -      efforts that were going to contribute [to] it, if only the
131708 -      license issues were resolved. ref DRT 1 YN6G
131710 -       ..
131711 -      Then the license were resolved -- to everyone's satisfaction, as
131712 -      far as I could tell -- and the list fell silent. ref DRT 1 YN6M
131714 -          ..
131715 -         Licensing Has Not Delayed Progress on OHS
131716 -         OHS Code is Not Available Shown By Lack of Work Product
131717 -
131718 -         Paul Fernhout submits another letter today explaining that the
131719 -         license issue has not been resolved to his satisfaction, and
131720 -         Jack Park responds something to the effect that the Apache
131721 -         license has been adopted.
131723 -          ..
131724 -         Analysis on 020516 shows that failure of people to submit code
131725 -         for the OHS is not caused by failure to agree on a license,
131726 -         but instead is caused by the evident fact that nobody has any
131727 -         code to submit shown by failure of anyone to submit work
131728 -         product demonstrating ability to perform. ref SDS 27 M630
131729 -
131731 -       ..
131732 -      Nobody Can Find Anything Project Specs Lost
131733 -      Specifications for OHS May Exist in Multiple Views
131734 -
131735 - Eric continues...
131736 -
131737 -      The problem that extends well beyond *that* however, is the fact
131738 -      that someone seems to have misplaced the OHS spec.  Dear me. Now,
131739 -      where did that pesky spec go? I know it was around here
131740 -      someplace... ref DRT 1 YN71
131742 -            ..
131743 -           [On 030115 feedback from Eric reports he does not recall
131744 -           having misplaced anything. ref SDS 36 E44L
131746 -          ..
131747 -         Difficulty finding information aligns with Eric's prior
131748 -         letters on...
131749 -
131750 -            POIMS lost in the car.............. 000601, ref SDS 12 6035
131752 -             ..
131753 -            Cannot find anything............... 010916. ref SDS 24 KA6H
131755 -             ..
131756 -            Productivity paralyzed because
131757 -            nobody can find anything........... 010003, ref SDS 25 EC5N
131759 -             ..
131760 -            Metadata to find information based
131761 -            on knowledge of categories......... 020718, ref SDS 30 M74J
131763 -          ..
131764 -         This presents a case study for training people to use organic
131765 -         structure that makes organizing the record fast and easy so
131766 -         people are prepared to find information quickly when needed.
131767 -
131768 -            [...in another record today, used this record to develop a
131769 -            case study for preparing SDS records and using organic
131770 -            structure to leverage remembering the gist of information
131771 -            for finding information quickly. ref SDS 35 0001
131772 -
131774 -          ..
131775 -         Specifications and Preliminary Design Documents
131776 -
131777 -         Documents that may roughly be called "OHS specifications"
131778 -         begin with exploratory requirements listed in the record on
131779 -         000423. ref SDS 6 6306
131781 -          ..
131782 -         On 000128 Doug Engelbart's paper for the...
131783 -
131784 -                        Technology Template Project
131785 -
131786 -         ...was cited as important guidance for OHS specifications.
131787 -         ref SDS 3 6960  On 000614 Eric cited Doug's paper dated 980128
131788 -         to support CDS specs. ref SDS 14 4710  Earlier on 991222 Doug
131789 -         cited his paper on groupware published in 1992 as primary
131790 -         guidance for OHS/DKR efforts. ref SDS 2 3360  On 000327 Doug
131791 -         commended his 1972 paper, ref SDS 4 0528, for a definition of
131792 -         "knowledge workshop." ref SDS 4 3971  Beginning oa 000120
131793 -         these sources guided work by OHS/DKR people to produce...
131795 -          ..
131796 -         Requirements and "specifications" Include...
131797 -
131798 -            XML Editor, Eric Armstrong........ 000425, ref SDS 5 0375
131799 -            CDS v 0.5 Eric Armstrong.......... 000505, ref SDS 7 0782
131800 -            CDS v 0.6 Eric Armstrong.......... 000508, ref SDS 8 0782
131801 -            CDS v 0.7 Eric Armstrong.......... 000601, ref SDS 11 0782
131802 -            CDS v 0.8 Eric Armstrong.......... 000605, ref SDS 13 0001
131803 -            CDS v 0.9 Eric Armstrong.......... 000614, ref SDS 14 0782
131804 -
131805 -            3-layer architecture, Jack Park
131806 -            and Marry Keeler.................. 000518, ref SDS 10 8439
131808 -             ..
131809 -            OHS Launch Plan, Doug Engelbart... 001025, ref SDS 16 G3W8
131811 -             ..
131812 -            CDR/NODAL, Lee Iverson............ 010620, ref SDS 21 455M
131814 -          ..
131815 -         The underlying, original documents are all referenced at these
131816 -         locations.  None of these sources likely rise to the formal
131817 -         definition of a product or program "specification" and so may
131818 -         not be what Eric is trying to find.
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SUBJECTS
Knowledge Management Survey of Objectives, Accomplishments, Evaluatio
KM Failed to Meet Expectations 2 Generations Failed Need New Generati
Design KM Secret of SDS Because Progress Blocked by Innovation Loop D
SDS Utopia Compared to Using Other Popular Methods Because SDS Has Ev
Secret SDS Only KM Capability Breakthrough from IT Enables Steady Adv

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360802 -      KM Projects Failed to Meet Expectations
360803 -      Eric Can Advance KM by Reviewing POIMS and SDS Planned on 001126
360804 -
360805 - Eric continues...
360807 -       ..
360808 -      Lacking *an* OHS, I would love to see a list of descriptions for
360809 -      OHS-like systems that showed:, ref DRT 1 YN77
360810 -
360811 -         a.  What they intended to achieve, where they intended to go
360812 -         b.  What languages/platforms they used
360813 -         c.  How much was currently implemented
360814 -         d.  The project plan or feature wishlist
360815 -         e.  What others had to say about it
360817 -  ..
360818 - This is a good list of criteria to focus limited time for studying
360819 - what works, proposed on 020726. ref SDS 31 E63H  Eric's list of
360820 - criteria aligns with analysis on 011003, ref SDS 25 4R5H, to answer
360821 - his request for ideas to expedite study at that time. ref SDS 25 O73F
360822 - and ref SDS 25 M16F As shown by the listing on 011003, consideration
360823 - might be given to adding another factor to Eric's criteria today...
360824 -
360825 -         f.  Saving time and money, as shown on 011003. ref SDS 25 9Z8H
360827 -      ..
360828 -     [On 030115 feedback from Eric does not address criteria for saving
360829 -     and money to evaluate KM technology. ref SDS 36 YN77
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360832 -  ..
360833 - Knowledge Management Implemented by OHS Difficult to Design and Build
360834 - SDS Meets OHS Objective to Augment Intelligence for Creating Knowledge
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360836 - Background on 020516 shows "OHS" to improve information technology is
360837 - difficult to accomplish. ref SDS 27 0001 Subsequently, new evidence in
360838 - an article by Dave Snowden reported research by IBM found Knowledge
360839 - Management projects have all failed to meet expectations for both open
360840 - and proprietary systems, reported on 020608. ref SDS 29 ZN6I Dave was
360841 - later asked if he knows of any KM capability that anyone, anywhere is
360842 - using, other than SDS, and on 020920 he replied that people at IBM are
360843 - using Quickplace, Team Room and Same Time, for time management and
360844 - "collaboration," which are not OHS-like capabilities within the
360845 - meaning of Doug's vision and the specs credited above. ref SDS 0 425N
360846 - This record of failure to advance on KM aligns with Paul Fernhout's
360847 - report on 001130 that IBM was unable to convert Lotus Notes into
360848 - Knowledge Management technology. ref SDS 18 F26K  Despite Paul's
360849 - protest on 020530 that open source work has been slowed by failure to
360850 - agree on a license, ref SDS 28 IO9O, Dave's report shows that
360851 - Knowledge Management is a secret of SDS, based on the following
360852 - record.
360854 -       ..
360855 -      [On 030115 Eric attributes slow progress by OHS/DKR to fractious
360856 -      efforts. ref SDS 36 HV4O
360858 -  ..
360859 - On 001027 Doug Engelbart commented that SDS accomplishes objectives of
360860 - Knowledge Management he has in mind for an OHS/DKR. ref SDS 17 XV6F
360861 - This disclosure aligned with Eric's letter earlier on 000824 reporting
360862 - that Doug's aims for OHS/DKR were the "Rod Welch system," ref SDS 15
360863 - PU5N, which is explained in POIMS, ref OF 1 0001, and implemented by
360864 - the SDS program. At that time, Eric was not persuaded that SDS is a
360865 - useful model.  He cited failure to support categories (also, topics,
360866 - ontology, etc.) ref SDS 15 0M5I, which aligns, with Doug's report
360867 - later on 020128 that Augment NLS did not have a methodology for
360868 - managing subjects and record segmentation. ref SDS 26 IK96  Eric's
360869 - letter on 020718 supported efforts to develop tools for "metadata"
360870 - which he relates to objectives for categories. ref SDS 30 M74J
360872 -  ..
360873 - Later on 021030 Sergey Brin, commented that efforts to use "metadata"
360874 - have failed, ref SDS 33 M53H, echoing Dave Snowden's report on
360875 - research at IBM earlier in the year, cited above. ref SDS 0 GU9N  As
360876 - well, Ray Ozzi reported on 020820 that people are feeling "pain" using
360877 - available methods for managing information. ref SDS 32 Q99G  POIMS
360878 - calls for technology to support management by objectives (MBO) that
360879 - arranges information into organic structures of subjects. ref OF 1
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360883 - The history of using SDS, and of people interacting with work product
360884 - on the Internet, shows that support for organic subject structure
360885 - enables context management that accomplishes goals for "metadata,"
360886 - categoreis, topics and ontology.  As reported on 030107, SDS enables a
360887 - cornucopia of context. ref SDS 34 O96H
360889 -  ..
360890 - On 010916 Eric reported that SDS strengthens memory, ref SDS 23 0001,
360891 - and he further found that finding anything with other methods is too
360892 - difficult. ref SDS 24 KA6H  Earlier on 900319 better memory was cited
360893 - as a primary source of human intelligence. ref SDS 1 0005  Thus, under
360894 - Eric's findings, SDS meets the central objective of OHS to augment
360895 - intelligence, which he cited on 000423. ref SDS 6 5096  Later, on
360896 - 011003 Eric disclosed that productivity is paralyzed because people
360897 - cannot find information to perform their work. ref SDS 25 EC5N  On
360898 - 020530 Eric noted SDS improves productivity by having command and
360899 - control of the record, illustrated by this record, ref SDS 28 Y89F,
360900 - and discussed with Eric at Intel on 000517. ref SDS 9 QF8L  Further,
360901 - for nearly 20 years SDS has consistently enabled producing "knowledge"
360902 - work product that helps the originator and solves problems for others,
360903 - as listed on 010907, ref SDS 22 0P8P.  No other program has shown the
360904 - ability to enable consistent production of work product that can
360905 - reasonalby be recognized as a "Knowledge Repository."
360907 -  ..
360908 - This record assembling work product prepared by others over many
360909 - years, shown in the list above, ref SDS 0 C54O, and which has been
360910 - "misplaced" by the people who did the work, noted by Eric today,
360911 - ref SDS 0 YN71, demonstrates that SDS has a mechanism for finding
360912 - information quickly, because everything is in the right place at the
360913 - right time, noted by Morris Jones on 010425. ref SDS 20 EP7F  As a
360914 - training exercise, SDS methodology of leveraging intuition for
360915 - remembering the gist of information to navigate organic structure is
360916 - explained in another record today. ref SDS 35 0001
360918 -  ..
360919 - Eric has experience working with SDS work product over the past three
360920 - (3) years to develop the list he wants.  Here is information to aid
360921 - his research and analysis....
360922 -
360923 -         a.  What they intended to achieve, where they intended to go
360924 -
360925 -             See POIMS. ref OF 1 0001
360927 -              ..
360928 -         b.  What languages/platforms they used
360929 -
360930 -             Windows, DOS, Assembler
360932 -              ..
360933 -         c.  How much was currently implemented
360934 -
360935 -             Close to 100%
360937 -              ..
360938 -         d.  The project plan or feature wishlist
360939 -
360940 -             Gary Johnson working on list of improvements.
360942 -              ..
360943 -         e.  What others had to say about it
360945 -              ..
360946 -             See the record on 010907 listing sources for comments by
360947 -             Eric and others. ref SDS 22 KX3L
360949 -              ..
360950 -             For example, Eric's concern about user interface, reported
360951 -             on 010916, ref SDS 23 PG6J, was addressed on 001130 by
360952 -             Jack Park noting that the SDS user interface makes the
360953 -             structure of knowledge useful to people. ref SDS 19 H17O
360955 -              ..
360956 -         f.  Saving time and money.
360958 -              ..
360959 -             USACE reported on 971007 that using SDS saves time and
360960 -             money at the rate of 10:1. ref DRP 1 0001
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