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Re: [okmds-org] OKMDS Panel Session Thu 2008.04.17 - preparation

To: "Simon Buckingham Shum" <sbs@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Yeh <yeh@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Conklin <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, OKMDS Organizing Committee <okmds-org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jack Park <jack.park@xxxxxxx>
From: "Peter Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:04:11 -0800
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Beautiful!  ... Thank you ALL.  =ppy
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On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Simon Buckingham Shum <sbs@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peter -- here is our session abstract
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>  Knowledge Mapping for Sensemaking
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>  A "knowledge mapping" approach to managing information, knowledge and
>  decisions places the emphasis on the creation of "cartographic"
>  layers, which like spatial maps, weave different kinds of stories
>  over the "raw data" of documents, deadlines, resources, problems.
>  Just as the map is not the territory, neither is a knowledge map
>  neutral, nor necessarily a consensus worldview, and not to be taken
>  as truth. Continuing the spatial planning metaphor, a good knowledge
>  map is a powerful representation for sesnemaking: orientation, shared
>  memory, filtering complexity, and maintaining shared attention for
>  planning and decision making. In software, digital maps of such
>  intellectual landscapes exploit the power of hypermedia, folksonomy,
>  social tools, and (where possible) reasoning over formal ontology.
>  The centrality of social processes in negotiating the meaning of a
>  map is unquestioned. The speakers in today's session work from these
>  assumptions, and will take you deeper into their particular approaches.
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