Jack Park wrote:
Question:
Do you really need to reorganize the raw discourse, or just re-present it in
periodic summaries?
[Garold L. Johnson] It may be useful to save the original input, but the
structure of the result is as important as such things as wording.
IBIS, for example, might be a valuable structure for documenting discussions
even though it doesn’t appear to work well for capturing the discussion in
real time. In this case, the original input is historical, but the
restructured discussion is the desired end product. This is where I think
that David Parnas is correct that it is desirable to document the history as
we would like it to have occurred rather than absolutely accurately the way
it did.
One of my difficulties in managing my own information is exactly this
ongoing restructuring so that my recorded information documents my best
understanding in an area. Tracking the history of an idea is also extremely
valuable at times. None of the tools I currently have do a really good job
of either of these things.
Thanks,
Garold (Gary) L. Johnson
DYNAMIC Alternatives <http://www.dynalt.com/>
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