TripleHelix Conference Workshop slides on knowledge federation and gardening

1. On Knowledge Federation and
Gardens
Triple Helix Conference
Stanford University
13 July, 2011
Jack Park
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2. Great Law of the Iroquois
"In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on
the seventh generation...”

3. “Discovery consists of
seeing what everybody
has seen and thinking
what nobody has
thought.”
–Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

4. Social Computing: Webs of
Trust and Reputation
Image Courtesy Katy Börner

5. Knowledge gardening is… Facilitating large-
scale discourse
Towards a cultivated ecosystem…
Structured but
emergent networks of
claims and arguments
ordered gardens
ordered gardens
Informally expressed
wild borders claims and arguments,
wild borders awaiting ‘proper
linkage’
Source: Simon Buckingham Shum

6. Social Networks + Knowledge Gardens
• Following slides illustrate:
– Social behaviors
• Contributions to the wild borders of a garden
• Refinements of those contributions
– A well-formed contribution that grows out of a rough
contribution

7. Joe, Med Student as Gardener
How to fight
Bookmark page with
bacterial
these tags
infection?
Immune Response
Bacterial Infection
macrophages use
free radicals to Macrophage
kill bacteria
Free Radical
Reactive Oxygen
Annotate page with
this idea

8. Sara, Home-maker as Gardener
How to
prevent
cancer? Bookmark page with
these tags
antioxidants Antioxidant
kill
free radicals Free Radical
Annotate page with
this idea

9. José, Cancer Patient in Garden
How to fight
bacterial
infection? José suffers
recurring bacterial
Bacterial Infection infections
Free Radical
macrophages use antioxidants
free radicals to kill
kill bacteria free radicals
¡Ay, caramba! José views
What’s this all federated resources
about? created by other
gardeners

10. José as Gardener
No more
antioxidants!
macrophages use antioxidants
free radicals to Must Avoid kill
kill bacteria free radicals
Add a new
Connection between
the two ideas

11. Olivia in the Garden
How to
improve
this?
Bacterial Infection
Free Radical
macrophages use antioxidants
free radicals to Must Avoid kill
kill bacteria free radicals

12. Olivia as Gardener
Bacterial Infection Contraindicates Antioxidants
Because
macrophages use antioxidants
free radicals to kill
kill bacteria free radicals
Create a new set of
representations by
connecting the two
core concepts and
explaining the
connection

13. Possible Controversy?
Bacterial Infection Contraindicates Antioxidants

14. Resolve Through Dialogue
“Compromised host” as a new
concept to be represented in the
knowledge base

15. Improved Representation
Compromised Host
Appropriate For
Bacterial Infection Contraindicates Antioxidants
Because
macrophages use antioxidants
free radicals to kill
kill bacteria free radicals

16. Completed Representation
Compromised Host
Appropriate For
Bacterial Infection Contraindicates Antioxidants
Because
macrophages use antioxidants
free radicals to kill
Let’s Co-create afree radicals
kill bacteria Garden
and Federate