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Comments from the community

 

October 12, 2003

 

List of communications

 

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As an introduction to Dr. Wojciech Jaworski: please visit his web site

 

http://www.gen-strategies.com/3PM3/Syntax.htm

 

or his e-forum

 

ContextMaps Group [ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ContextMaps

 

To Brad Cox and all,

 

[BC]: (1) ... a crucial precondition to any "knowledge representation" system ... is an agreement on what "knowledge" *IS*. (2) .... the assault Lakoff (and others) has mounted on the idea that any classification system (my working definition of a "knowledge representation") has universal (context-free) validity. 

 

[wmj]: I consider "an agreement on what "knowledge" *IS*" as the POST-CONDITION to a ""knowledge representation" system".  My notational solution to "knowledge representation" problem was to develop a 'notational environment' (3P Context Maps) for representing *CONTEXTS*. We might ("speaking" technically) assume that "knowledge" is a view of context. 

 

[BC in http://virtualschool.edu/mon/SocialConstruction/ ]: Whenever a Dyirbal speaker uses a noun in a sentence, the noun must be preceded by a variant of one of four words: bayi, balan, balam, bala. These words classify all objects in the Dyirbal universe, and to speak Dyirbal correctly one must use the right classifier before each noun.

 

[wmj]: Many thanks for the reference. Why? Context Maps are re-using the Dyirbal "four words" paradigm by "classifying" objects with roles.   "All objects in the" Context Maps are cast in *ROLES*. Context Maps Syntax [ http://www.gen-strategies.com/3PM3/Syntax.htm ] is extensible i.e. new roles of objects are added if required by knowledge source/nature.

 

Context Map is an aggregation of context tuples (aka n-ary relationship). Context tuple is a generic association of *set* and *set members* cast in *ROLES*. For ex. Member of a set is an object cast in 'set member' role.   Data tuples, data flows, rules, state transitions, process tuples - and multitude of other constructs - are special cases of the context tuples.

 

PS To all,  ContextMaps Group [ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ContextMaps/ ] is mostly used as a repository of in-progress Context Maps and communication with my students. The content and e-mail traffic is not in a format suitable for casual reading. Some material in http://www.gen-strategies.com/ is readable.