Information Flow and Knowledge Sharing

Except from the Foreword
The statement about the book series "Capturing Intelligence". Of course, a lot of work, designing for robots, designing for intelligent agents.

It is therefore very refreshing to see Information Flow and Knowledge Sharing. This is a courageous book indeed. It is not afraid to tackle the Big Issues: notions such as information, knowledge, information system, information flow, problem solving, and ontological reasoning. All these are not ours, however, and are often understood.

AI has a rich and non-standard structure and narrative. It is a great idea for a non-standard format, resulting in a very interesting volume.
Frank van Harmelen, Series Editor

Excerpt from the Introduction
Our interest is more and better, and it is a better and deeper understanding of the information and information technology. properly appreciated when it is reduced to the simplified means-end schema proposed by Technology. We invite the reader to build his / her own points, considering our propositions. With that, we believe we are contributing to the technology of everyday life.
Flavio Soares Correa da Silva, Jaume Agusti-Cullell

* Bridges the gap between the technological and the philosophical aspects of information technology
* Gives both professionals and academics a philosophical foundation of IT
* Sheds light on a part of IT which is often overshadowed by its technical counterparts

1 Introduction
Intended audience
Chapters' contents
Intermission

2 Information
Agents and the world
Reality and structure
Information systems
A non-rationalistic stance
Bibliographical notes
Intermission

3 Information Flow
Communicated information
Noise and distortion
Received information
Communication systems
The purpose of communication
Bibliographical notes
Intermission

4 Shared Understanding
Dialogues for shared understanding
Communication spaces
Productive dialogue
Facilitators for productive dialogues
Bibliographical notes
Intermission

5 Collaborative Problem Solving
Coordinated action
Reliability and trust
Bibliographical notes
Intermission

6 Ontological Reasoning
Ontology
Patterns of interaction
Bibliographical notes
Intermission

7 Uncertainty
Controlled uncertainty
Trust, confidentiality and privacy
Bibliographical notes
Intermission

8 Knowledge Sharing
The illusion of life
Bibliographical notes
Intermission

9 Knowledge
Bibliographical notes

10 Conclusion

Epilogue