Re: A Taxonomy for Knowledge Management

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Posted by sub
2004-10-22 07:14:36

Stephen, thanks a million for your taxonomy. I realised that I have mainly been using tools aimed at 1 (brainstorming) and 4 (creating a generic knowledge base) as well as pushing them to cover needs 2 (structured writing) and 3 (organising background material).

My own way of thinking about your taxonomy is an office (material, not virtual). The brainstorming tool (1) might be a blank piece of paper on the desktop; next to it are one’s writing notes (2); stacks of photocopies of the main reference texts and press clippings (3) lie on the desktop; books and magazines on the wider thematic spectrum (4) lie on the table and the floor; finally, the bookshelf and archive box are the larger knowledge base (5).

On a more horizontal approach, I would add the ability to link knowledge items to structured data, i.e. contacts, communications, actions and time/date. On the one hand this might concern the information itself, i.e. for a journalist or lawyer, the source of an item might be a person. In other cases this concerns work organisation, i.e. who should be on the recipient list for one’s latest article. As with e-mails, I find that the current range of products offers very limited connectivity on this aspect.

In the office metaphor, a sticky note on the knowledge item is all that would be required.

alx

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