Virtual HyperGlossary (VHG)
The VHG(TM) is a novel, simple approach to increasing knowledge creation and retrieval
on the Web. We believe that terminology (dictionaries, glossaries, etc.) is a key tool
in capturing knowledge and the VHG(TM) makes this as simple as possible. Our
organisation offers Web-oriented terminological services to groups such as learned
societies or companies creating their intranets. Because the VHG uses XML as its basis,
it is simple and universally applicable.
http://www.vhg.org.uk
"Dennis E. Hamilton" wrote:
> I am a visitor here because of a cross-posting that Eric Armstrong made with
> another discussion list.
>
> Having made this random entry, and musing about systems inscrutability and
> incoherence, I can report that I had a heck of a time figuring out the
> following terms, which are used heavily in this setting:
>
> OHMS - Open Hyperdocument System
> was the easiest
>
> NIC - Network Improvement Communities
> was the next easiest
>
> DKR - Dynamic Knowledge Repository
> was very tough until I searched the eGroup
>
> SDS - I gave up on, it is used so heavily that I despair of finding a hit
> that is actually definitive.
>
> So, here's a test problem for www.bootstrap.org and the unrev-II group:
>
> What is the definition of "SDS" as used here?
>
> If I came in at http://www.bootstrap.org, how would I have found it?
>
> If I came in at the eGroup, how would I have found it?
>
> - - - - - -
>
> What's the point?
>
> 1. I am struck by the degree to which tacit knowledge infects most
> contexts. It is easiest to notice that when the context is unfamiliar. I
> am sure that visitors to sites I compile material on would be able to give
> me a disappointingly-long list of undefined terms and undocumented
> assumptions that baffle them.
>
> 2. If an OHS/DKR is intended to support explanation (my test of any
> knowledge-based system), it would seem that induction of conceptual
> frameworks, contexts, and maybe even paradigms becomes important. With very
> little exposure to this discussion, I do notice that a lot of the
> implementation conversation is about pretty low-level plumbing (e.g., XML as
> carrier, granularity of links, and frames versus hierarchies). I love to
> fuss about infrastructure too.
>
> 3. Maybe what is needed is some kind of challenge problem that could be
> done on an existing corpus (such as the unrev-II collection) and demonstrate
> achievement of some measure of DKR acceptability.
>
> -- Dennis
>
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