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Knowledge-OS™ Process Description... to develop authoritative domains based on competition, collaboration and explicit rewards.The ProblemAs individuals we are generally interested in defining and rewarding ourselves first, above considerations of what might be optimal for larger societies. Whereas the Internet makes simultaneous global update possible, WWW pages mirror this human egocentrism, and are still mostly personal or corporate views. The paradigm of paper publishing - based on intensive pre-publication efforts culminating in approval and then distribution of unchanging documents - still prevails. The software used for collaborative work lacks important features needed to motivate individuals to challenge the work of others and build increasingly accurate representations of reality. In May, 2003 the missing key features are annotation, priced links, accounting for correctness as well as relevance, and a process to support the merger of corrections and improvements into base documents. Once a general framework is widely adopted to motivate the collection of data, information and knowledge, the building of intelligent systems that model reality and communicate in natural languages can begin in earnest. Methods that Motivate the Production of Distributable KnowledgeCommunities of practice/interest need knowledge economies based on the currency of their domains, whether professional fees, academic credit, or political capital. Whether reading a document, watching video or listening to audio, people should be able to augment the piece and in so doing, earn money, gain prestige and authority. A basic annotation capability is essential. This would allow a contributor to refine some content or raise a question or dispute in context and even suggest an appropriate price or credit to be charged to readers (viewers). Reader feedback is essential to establish the subsequent positioning and value of the new piece. It should be specific about both accuracy and relevance. The action may, at the same time, acknowledge the debt1, which will be aggregated and normalized by means of periodic adjustments to prevent free-riding or over-payment. The reported values will be used to find cohorts and subsequently personalize the view of pieces and selections within them, based on usage patterns comprising explicit feedback from other members of the cohorts. Credits may flow to the piece owners through publicly accountable Internet hosting services or though internally managed corporate network and compensation agreements. Such credits may be drawn from an account funded by the user, his employer or grantor. (The credits may also be non-cash and created by a right, such as the right to vote.) A fee normally ought to be deducted from the payments for two reasons: 1) to cover costs of operating the service, especially arbitrating and prosecuting disputes over illicit copying, 2) to discourage reputation inflation by purchasing one's own work under aliases. Brand new pieces will have a sole owner/manager/creator who may of course acquire seed content, commission new content, employ editors, offer distribution licenses, and sell rights to their constructed pieces. They may negotiate immediate cash payment, future royalties or provide shares in the piece as compensation for contributors. The accounting needed to manage multiple ownership and dividend payout will be automatically invoked as part of the development and distribution of each document, audio, video or other form of intellectual property. Such properties will be represented by lightweight virtual corporations that are operated by legally registered corporations which manage the transport services and interface with the banking and legal systems. Successful pieces will attract many valued contributions. Decisions about which contributions are worthy of inclusion in the main corpora instead of remaining as annotations could easily overwhelm the original author, editor or even an executive staff elected by shareholders. Therefore knowledge-OS will distinguish consensual from minority opinion based on credits awarded. This will be used to automatically create the user's view, which may be multiple using segmentation of the audience that reflects variables such experience and perspective. Shares in the pieces may also be sold on an internal market for cash or other credit representing political capital. This will enable questions to be posed and shareholding constituencies to evolve around various proposed answers. It may also lead to the introduction of debits for erroneous and deceptive information, and also a market in options based on the prevailing consensus at future times. 1. Prices or credits can be displayed against a two-dimensional background with relevance on the y axis and p(true) on the x axis. The standard graphic will be a spectrum with red on the left, violet on the right and brightness determined by the y value. Hence there will be a black band at the bottom where the value is close to zero, or a black band in the middle if negative values are allowed, which would permit readers to charge for misleading or erroneous assertions. Mousing within the graphic then displays a continuously computed value using an adjustable polynomial function. Simple clicking accepts the computed price while alternate clicking (e.g. right-click) lets the user change the value at that point, adjusting the function parameters for subsequent evaluators. Optional value reporting mechanisms (e.g. using haptic I/O and morphing based on time, such as the length of time spent examining the piece) may be developed using up to four dimensions. Document Manager: bruce@discussionsystems.com |
