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Q: Can you describe in
detail your current work?
A:
Sure - the MyST platform is a very abstract space for solving many types of
IT-related problems. It provides an abstract model for persisting associative
meta-data. What differentiates MyST from any Web services enabled data store is
the object model - it embraces topic-map concepts (XTM) through an association
object that deepens the possibility of managing complex information sets as
ontology rather than a rigid taxonomy. In so doing, we recognized the importance
of business terms and conversations because information systems fundamentally
lack a context for describing and organizing business content. The MyST platform
embraces information objects as a collection of structured symbols (i.e.,
topics) in a sea of mostly unstructured business content (i.e.,
occurrences).
To demonstrate some of the
benefits of such a platform, we decided to build MySmartChannels - a demo
application built on the MyST platform. MySmartChannels enables individuals and
organizations to easily create and organize pools of information around the MyST
Web services platform, providing a variety of features including, secure
weblogging, intelligent searching, automatic Office XP smart tag generation,
news feed generation, and much more. Users can publish and organize thoughts,
ideas, and writings about any topic that's important to their areas of
expertise. Colleagues, co-workers, and business partners can be invited to
subscribe or collaborate on relevant topics.
Our platform elevates the
role of knowledge-workers through an open and flexible environment for creating
highly focused and accessible information about their specific work topics. This
enables management and employees to recognize and naturally promote expertise
within the organization. The objective - your company can grow in terms of
business intellect, awareness of rapidly changing information, and the velocity
with which informed decisions can be made.
All of this is possible, of
course, with combinations of other technologies - the difference with our
platform is the agility factor; the openness and flexibility of creating and
purposing content for any need without fully understanding or comprehending
future IT requirements. Here are a few examples:
This interview content was
created as a collection of discrete information objects in MySmartChannels. If I
wanted, I could immediately share it as raw XML.
Alternatively, I could host it as a secure RSS feed. Don't like RSS version 2.0? Here it is in RSS
1.0. I can
also deliver it as an ECHO
feed, or a
Microsoft Office Smart
Tag
document, or a Microsoft Sharepoint webpart component.
The point - agility - the
MyST platform provides a formidable array of architectural possibilities without
any additional development. | 
