RE: Knowledge is manufactured?

["Sandi Castle" <sandi -at- siberlogic -dot- com>]

Well, at SiberLogic we agree with Gene (I think) (maybe we agree with lots
of you!).  I just wrote the other day in an S1000D white paper:

"What transforms information into knowledge?  In SiberSafe, it is the way
that information is captured and stored - via a knowledge model.  Knowledge
modeling is the formal expression of a body of information that not only
defines facts, but describes relationships and constraints between these
facts so that the content has meaning beyond its textual representation."

So, information is what words "say", knowledge is what words "mean".  

And both have their place, right?

Cheers,
Sandi (one of those "folks over in Marketing", as Dan so nicely put it!)
SiberLogic, Inc.

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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+sandi=siberlogic -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf
Of Lauren
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 4:35 PM
To: 'Gene Kim-Eng'; 'TECHWR-L'
Subject: RE: Knowledge is manufactured?

Dude, that's deep.

Lauren
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lt34=csus -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On 
> Behalf Of Gene Kim-Eng
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 12:01 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Knowledge is manufactured?
> 
> Philosophically (after all, it is Friday), I think the idea behind
> "knowledge is manufactured" is the distinction between facts and 
> comprehending and understanding those facts and how to
> use them successfully, which is "knowledge."  You can acquire
> and transmit facts, but not knowledge, because the comprehension
> and understanding must be recreated in the mind of each
> individual who receives the facts; all you can do is provide
> facts and the necessary tools to enable others to "remanufacture"
> knowledge within themselves.
> 
> Gene Kim-Eng
> 

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