CONTACTS 
0201 - SRI International                                                                                                                                                  O-00000103 0701
020101 - Mr. Patrick L. Lincoln; Director
020103 - Computer Science Laboratory                                                                                                                                      O-00000103 0701
0202 - SRI International                                                                                                                                                  O-00000103 1201
020201 - Mr. Jack Park;
020203 - CALO Project                                                                                                                                                     O-00000103 1201

SUBJECTS
Scaleable Knowledge Solve Urgent Problems Lung Cancer Patient Friend

1103 -
1103 -    ..
1104 - Summary/Objective
1105 -
110501 - Follow up ref SDS 56 0000. ref SDS 53 0000.
110502 -
110503 -
110504 -
110505 -
110506 -
110508 -  ..
1106 -
1107 -
1108 - Progress
1109 -
110901 - Submited ref DIT 1 0001 to Pat Lincoln with copy to Jack Park
110902 - following up the letter on 060201. ref SDS 50 4O5M
110903 -
110904 -    1.  I called the other day, and you were in the office, but tied
110905 -        up.  Sorry to be so late following up. ref DIT 1 0001
110907 -         ..
110908 -    2.  Wanted to ask if you have reviewed work in quantum mechanics on
110909 -        complementarity, ref DIT 1 GH6G, and the locality principle.
110910 -        reviewed on 040312, ref SDS 27 X66I, Theoretical physics in the
110911 -        1920s, and continuing to the present, ref SDS 27 JW3K, seems to
110912 -        offer a good foundation for people to grasp the distinction
110913 -        between information and knowledge, ref SDS 25 YH4G, as further
110914 -        set out in NWO (about 15 paragraphs). ref OF 11 JU8O
110916 -         ..
110917 -    3.  This may sound a bit esoteric, and perhaps beyond reach.
110918 -        ref DIT 1 JK7G  However, practical application occurs
110919 -        routinely, illustrated by a letter from a woman at UCB,
110920 -        ref DRP 2 0001, which was received yesterday, ref SDS 56 VQ6N,
110922 -         ..
110923 -    4.  In the course of adding context and connection (explained in
110924 -        POIMS, ref OF 6 8555) to Ms K********s letter, ref DIT 1 U47L,
110925 -        your letter on 010426 popped up on the radar asking about
110926 -        "scalable knowledge". ref SDS 56 SD5N
110928 -         ..
110929 -    5.  Over the past few years, SDS records produced by one person
110930 -        have scaled up to the attention of about 2 million people per
110931 -        year, and of that about 720K spend an average of about an hour.
110932 -        Since SDS records are not entertaining, it seems likely people
110933 -        are learning how to solve problems, e.g., fixing the car,
110934 -        fixing the garbage disposal, fixing communications, medical
110935 -        treatment plans, conducting meetings, configuring computers,
110936 -        designing systems, project schedules and budgets, whatever...
110937 -        ref DIT 1 D48L
110939 -         ..
110940 -    6.  If 2 people, 10, 100, 1,000 people were producing SDS records,
110941 -        this would seem to have potential for reaching critical mass of
110942 -        millions of people helping each other, as we are helping Ms
110943 -        Kulmann and her friend, along with 3K others around the world
110944 -        today. ref DIT 1 YF9M  Does this address the objective for
110945 -        scalable knowledge in your letter on 010426?
110947 -         ..
110948 -    7.  Another phenomenological event transpired, when Ms *******
110949 -        without any training or guidance figured out on her own how to
110950 -        apply explicit links for precision access, ref DIT 1 C74J, that
110951 -        saves time and money, as further related in the record.
110952 -        ref SDS 56 QW6Q
110954 -         ..
110955 -    8.  This indicates that people can apply intelligence support for
110956 -        navigating in Knowledge Space to expedite getting things done.
110957 -        In particular it solves the problem of cognitive overhead.
110958 -        ref DIT 1 OH5I  If time permits, you might comment on the
110959 -        explanation of this challenge in NWO (about 10 para).
110960 -        ref OF 13 LH6K
110962 -         ..
110963 -    9.  It addresses concerns in your letter on 010111, ref DIT 1 WA6H,
110964 -        about how to advance toward a practical application of
110965 -        Knowledge Management. ref SDS 16 EF6M
110967 -         ..
110968 -   10.  At that time, you expressed hope that Oracle, Microsoft, IBM,
110969 -        DARPA, MIT, et al, would figure out a solution, ref DIT 1 2B6N,
110970 -        very similar to hopes and dreams in the 1930s and 40s for a new
110971 -        kind of technology.  Then as now, the boys were too busy to see
110972 -        the solution, even when handed to them on a silver platter.
110973 -        So, how did the computer on your desk come to be developed?
110974 -        How did the miracle of digital computers emerge.  Where did the
110975 -        von Neumann architecture get formulated, if not by von Neumann?
110976 -        Who are Tesla, Shannon, Atanasoff, Mauchly, Echert.  It all
110977 -        started when Goldstein missed the train from the Aberdeen
110978 -        Proving Grounds in Maryland back to his post at the Moore
110979 -        College of Engineering in Philadelphia.
110981 -         ..
110982 -   11.  It's at least a fun story that you might enjoy when time
110983 -        permits, ref DIT 1 VD4H, starting off with the battle over an
110984 -        air force following WWI. ref OF 14 EE4J
110986 -         ..
110987 -   12.  Sending a copy to Jack Park, because he is still hanging in
110988 -        there.  He put on a nice seminar the other day explaining
110989 -        progress in topic maps.  Jack also has an interest in
110990 -        application to health care and medical practice, so this part
110991 -        will be familiar. ref DIT 1 00W2
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Subject Maps Paper Merge Subject-centric Ontologies Neuronames Nomen

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2404 - 0812
240501 -  ..
240502 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Jack responding to the copy of the letter
240503 - he received that was submitted to Pat earlier today, per above.
240504 - ref SDS 0 VQ6N
240505 -
240506 -        [On 060728 letter to Jack proposes focusing on opportunity for
240507 -        Knoweldge Management and Intelligence Support to advance health
240508 -        care in oncology. ref SDS 57 YW3W
240509 -
240569 -  ..
240570 - The OHS/DKR group tried to follow Kramer's prescription, proposed by
240571 - Eric Armstrong on 000120. ref SDS 8 GW5L  Jack's friend, Mary Keeler
240572 - made a similar point on 000718. ref SDS 14 SK9F  At that time, slow
240573 - progress developing anything reflected reluctance to gain experience
240574 - learning a new way of working, ref SDS 14 SM35, demonstrated more
240575 - fully on 001126. ref SDS 15 QW8I
240577 -             ..
240578 -            [On 060728 letter to Jack proposes focusing on opportunity
240579 -            for Knoweldge Management and Intelligence Support to
240580 -            advance health care in oncology. ref SDS 57 YW3W
240582 -  ..
240583 - Collaboration faces a paradigm paradox of putting ideas together with
240584 - experience.  Learning associates ideas, also called models, theories,
240585 - beliefs, and paradigms, with experience of cause and effect, reviewed
240586 - on 040312. ref SDS 25 484H
240588 -  ..
240589 - People generally resist gaining experience trying new ideas because it
240590 - is safer, faster. and easier to work on familiar things in familiar
240591 - ways, ref OF 13 WW4O, noted as well by Andy Grove at Intel, reviewed
240592 - on 980307. ref SDS 6 3740  Jack commented on attractiveness of doing
240593 - things the fast and easy way in his letter on 010908. ref SDS 19 0001
240594 - These forces drive continual learning through accretion from
240595 - experience, as set out in NWO, explaining resistance to cognitive
240596 - overhead. ref OF 13 OE9L  Since people are afraid to go first, under
240597 - the story of the "Genie in a Bottle," also, reviewed in NWO, ref OF 14
240598 - 3Y4K, this tends to stretch out adoption of new ideas for a period of
240599 - about 50 years, reported on 011210. ref SDS 21 R66K
240601 -  ..
240602 - Studies and experience shows that people innately resist sharing
240603 - information in part to maintain strategic advantage and to avoid
240604 - accountability, embarrassment, etc...
240605 -
240606 -        1.  Tension between cooperation and
240607 -            competition limits effectiveness
240608 -            of partnering schemes.............. 940105, ref SDS 1 M679
240610 -             ..
240611 -        2.  HBR article reviewed............... 940510, ref SDS 2 WH6M
240613 -             ..
240614 -        3.  People reluctant to share
240615 -            information fear accountability
240616 -            being accused of responsiblity
240617 -            for having pior knowledge under
240618 -            Ledgend of Prometheus.............. 991108, ref SDS 7 O649
240620 -             ..
240621 -        4.  OHS/DKR progress slowed because
240622 -            people reluctant to share
240623 -            information........................ 000509, ref SDS 12 LB4N
240625 -             ..
240626 -            See also lack of reciprocity, discussed
240627 -            today. ref SDS 0 U47L
240629 -             ..
240630 -        5.  Article Best Practices Transfer
240631 -            reports people resist sharing
240632 -            information........................ 020509, ref SDS 23 EO6G
240634 -             ..
240635 -        6.  Doctor refuses to share
240636 -            information on treatment plan
240637 -            with patient....................... 041130, ref SDS 34 YR8F
240639 -             ..
240640 -        7.  Patients reluctant to share
240641 -            information helping doctors
240642 -            and patients improve quality
240643 -            of care............................ 050414, ref SDS 37 TE6X
240645 -             ..
240646 -        8.  Doctor reluctant to share
240647 -            information on patient history
240648 -            reduces power of knowledge and
240649 -            increases risk of
240650 -            accountability..................... 060505, ref SDS 55 FE4I
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250401 -         ..
250402 -        Knowledge Management Federated Biomedical Ontologies
250403 -        Merge Ontologies Improve Scientific Research Solve Problems
250404 -        Scientific Research United Collaboration Faster Solutions
250405 -
250406 -        Follow up ref SDS 54 UK6Q.
250407 -
250408 - Jack's letter today continues...
250409 -
250425 -  ..
250426 - Merging ontologies proposed in Jack's paper today was generally
250427 - presented in the SRI seminar that Jack hosted on 060523. ref SDS 54
250428 - UK6Q
250430 -  ..
250431 - Comprehensive structure for scientific disciplines was developed on
250432 - 040312, reviewing the Schombert lectures on 21st century science.
250433 - ref SDS 25 5J6O
250435 -  ..
250436 - Schombert's lectures has an index, that may help Jack prepare an
250437 - ontology for science. ref SDS 25 RT4I
250439 -  ..
250440 - Science seems less interested in solving urgent problems than in
250441 - understanding the secrets of nature, see review of 21st century
250442 - science on 040312. ref SDS 25 RP6K  Developers and entrepreneurs
250443 - apply multi-discipline science to invent solutions for complex and
250444 - urgent problems.  Scientists work deliberately.  Developers work
250445 - urgently to get revenue flowing in order to meet a payroll and pay off
250446 - the loan.
250448 -  ..
250449 - Sharing subject indexes through merging ontologies presented in Jack's
250450 - new paper creates problems making sense of compound structures for
250451 - organizing context.  Jack described knowledge representation with
250452 - ontologies as a Pandora's Box of complexity in his letter on 000221.
250453 - ref SDS 9 L58O  This was previously discussed with Morris Jones at
250454 - Intel on 970116. ref SDS 5 1732  Then as now people have difficulty
250455 - grasping the solution of organic structure, ref SDS 5 N15I, as set out
250456 - in POIMS. ref OF 6 KH8J
250458 -  ..
250459 - Knowledge Management creating a subject index takes a lot of hard
250460 - work, reported on 000307. ref SDS 10 767G  This work is very valuable
250461 - for finding critical details in time to be effective, based on
250462 - situational awareness, reported in POIMS. ref OF 6 KH8J  People may be
250463 - reluctant to give up this value on the dubious assumption that someone
250464 - will share something of equal value, as reported in the study above.
250465 - ref SDS 0 R64J
250467 -  ..
250468 - For example, people submit papers, books, articles, and letters all
250469 - the time, and request for feedback to improve their work and spread
250470 - the word.  A recent example is Eric Armstrong.
250472 -  ..
250473 - On 060614 Eric wrote in asking for comments to ideas for an "advisory
250474 - system" to strengthen political participation using a DKR of sorts
250475 - that educates voters about issues and candidate positions.  Response
250476 - to Eric reminded that prior submissions he made on the OHS/DKR had
250477 - been carefully reviewed to support Eric and the OHS/DKR team meeting
250478 - at SRI.  The letter to Eric on 060614 further cited advantages of
250479 - reciprocity reviewing POIMS, NWO and other SDS foundational documents.
250480 - Eric indicated plans to follow up, however, todate, nothing has been
250481 - submitted in 4 weeks, similar to the prior experience, when Eric
250482 - reported on 000601 having lost POIMS on the back seat of his car, and
250483 - not having enough time to find it in order to collaborate with
250484 - feedback. ref SDS 13 6035
250486 -  ..
250487 - Jack remarked on 000504 that collaborators on the OHS/DKR team did not
250488 - have time to collaborate about POIMS and SDS. ref SDS 11 XD5M  At that
250489 - time on 000504, many hours were invested to review Eugene Kim's ideas
250490 - along the lines Jack discussed in his paper today of using technology
250491 - for aiding research. ref SDS 11 PE44  Over the past six (6) years,
250492 - Eugene has not reviewed SDS foundational documents, and on 001126
250493 - proposed trying email to learn about Knowledge Management, rather than
250494 - use SDS. ref SDS 15 T63N
250496 -  ..
250497 - Understandably, people are reluctant to comment on capabilities that
250498 - seem beyond reach and so unreasonable, based on experience using
250499 - conventional tools and practices, reported by Lynn Conway on 960612.
250500 - ref SDS 4 1368  The paradigm paradox cited by Schombert discussing
250501 - Kuhn, reviewed on 040312, ref SDS 25 484H, and developed reviewing
250502 - rejection of Einstein's work in the 1930s that questioned von Neuman's
250503 - proof of quantum mechanics, ref SDS 25 RR9K, demonstrates that
250504 - collaboration on big ideas by bright people in big organizations will
250505 - require more than merging lists of subjects.  Common courtesy seems
250506 - like a good place to start.
250508 -  ..
250509 - For example, to really grasp what Jack has in mind for merging lists
250510 - of subjects, we need examples of work product.  What does an unmerged
250511 - subject list look like.  How is it used.  Show another list, and
250512 - explain how it is used.  Now merge them and demonstrate added value
250513 - where work was performed with greater accuracy in less time than in
250514 - the absence of federating the lists.
250516 -  ..
250517 - If the work product, and the explanations seem effective, then the
250518 - next step would be to see a demonstration that helps grasp the
250519 - mechanics of the work in order to assess time saved, level of effort
250520 - to learn, etc.
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260401 -  ..
260402 - Links to Original Sources Significant Step toward Knowledge Management
260403 -
260404 - Jack's paper seems to provide links into original sources, ref OF 22
260405 - 634K, which complies with standards for traceability and alignment
260406 - under the locality principle. see review on 950721, ref SDS 3 1740,
260407 - and more recently on 040312. ref SDS 25 YH4G
260409 -  ..
260410 - Providing direct access to sources empowers people to verify accuracy
260411 - and expand span of attention in less time.  This helps advance from
260412 - information to a culture of knowledge, explained in POIMS. ref OF 4
260413 - SV5N  See also scope for precision access in NWO, ref OF 11 PX6J, and
260414 - discussion of "cognitive overhead." ref OF 13 U65F
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270401 -  ..
270402 - Medical Research in Context Solving Complex Urgent Problems
270403 - Doctor/patient Partnership Relies on Patient Performing Research
270404 -
270405 - Jack's paper continues...
270414 -  ..
270415 - Patient research can fill the gap between physician expertise,
270416 - training, and experience, but with limited time for research.
270417 - Patients have limited professional medical expertise, training, and
270418 - experience, but unlimited time to research their situation.  Combining
270419 - these assets under the complementarity principle for a doctor/patient
270420 - partnership yields synergies that improve treatment.
270422 -  ..
270423 - This is illustrated by the record positioning research in the context
270424 - of solving urgent, complex problems...
270425 -
270426 -            IBC diagnosis.................... 040517, ref SDS 28 6M9H
270427 -            Cancer treatments................ 040416, ref SDS 29 JK94
270428 -            Entitlement 2nd opinion.......... 041002, ref SDS 31 FA8O
270429 -            2nd opinions cancer.............. 041002, ref SDS 31 H57H
270430 -            Avastin efficacy breast cancer... 041019, ref SDS 33 EE3I
270431 -            Surgery for breast cancer........ 050324, ref SDS 36 QJ5H
270432 -            Alternative cancer treatments.... 050712, ref SDS 38 5A32
270433 -            Due diligence surgeon background. 050727, ref SDS 39 VN5K
270434 -            2nd opinion due diligence........ 050823, ref SDS 41 OX43
270435 -            2nd opinion due diligence........ 050823, ref SDS 41 SE5J
270436 -            Kaiser due diligence check list.. 050923, ref SDS 42 HF7M
270437 -            Plastic surgery options.......... 050928, ref SDS 43 O75L
270438 -            Survival risk assesment surgery.. 050928, ref SDS 43 269G
270439 -            Definition medical terms......... 051007, ref SDS 44 KO94
270440 -            Lymphedema risk assessment....... 051027, ref SDS 45 LI3K
270441 -            Ductal carcinoma insitu.......... 051027, ref SDS 45 NT5I
270442 -            Lymphedema treatment............. 060106, ref SDS 47 RV3J
270443 -            Esophagitis diagnosis............ 060126, ref SDS 48 WA8L
270444 -            Cholosterol LIPID test........... 060217, ref SDS 51 TE5N
270445 -            Behavioral Medical Specialist.... 060217, ref SDS 51 JL5G
270446 -            Cerum and ceruminolytics......... 060217, ref SDS 51 W55R
270447 -            PET Scan diagnostics............. 060428, ref SDS 52 W25G
270448 -            FDG update supraclavicuar........ 060428, ref SDS 52 NN5O
270449 -            Navelbine older chemo drug....... 060428, ref SDS 52 NH5I
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280401 -  ..
280402 - Granular Addressability Explicit Links for Precision Access
280403 -
280404 - Jack's paper continues...
280405 -
280422 -  ..
280423 - Jack should explain how to accomplish traceability to original sources
280424 - with precision access in books, articles, and PDF documents, like Otto
280425 - Scharmer's excellent paper on presencing, reviewed on 040622.
280426 - ref SDS 30 F75Y
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290401 -  ..
290402 - Linking and Understanding Closely Related and Expedited by Tools
290403 -
290404 - Understanding -- consideration should be given to explain the meaning
290405 - of the construction in the paper that says "understandings to go with
290406 - those answers", ref SDS 0 LY4K, and in relation to the practice in
290407 - Jack's paper of using traceability to original sources showing what
290408 - "stands under" to support accuracy of representations, as set out in
290409 - NWO. ref OF 9 5361
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300401 -  ..
300402 - Culture Frames General Boundaries for Subject Scope
300403 -
300404 - Jack's paper continues...
300405 -
300422 -  ..
300423 - Jargon on "hetrogeneous world views" and "domain understanding
300424 - dimension" etc., are fine for technical folks who make up Jack's
300425 - audience.  Along the way, consideration should be given to explaining
300426 - that people coagulate into cultures that over time adopt familiar
300427 - terms and phrases used in particular ways.
300429 -  ..
300430 - Doctors, lawyers, engineers, ship builders, contractors all use
300431 - different language for the same thing.  People in different
300432 - organizations similarly use different terms for common things.  These
300433 - differences reflect cultural forces that loosly bind people within a
300434 - common framework or mindset.
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