I'm sure all the people who build knowledge bases would be very interested
to know, from Eugene Taurman, that:
>Knowledge can not be stored, only information can be stored. Knowledge has
>to do with ability and willingness to use information.
While I support the idea that there can be useful distinctions made
between knowledge and information, I'm not sure that there is anything
like a consensus to support Gene's statement.
Leaving that as perhaps a quibble, I think it is even more unusual to add
the notion of "willingness to use" to the definition of "knowledge."
There is one common definition of knowledge that includes the idea of
"ability ... to use" -- although that meaning is even more commonly
referred to as "practical knowledge." But I confess that this is the
first time I have ever seen "willingness to use" stated as part of the
fundamental nature of "knowledge."
--"John Gunkler" <jgunkler@sprintmail.com>
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