Posted by Martyn R Jones on March 28, 1998 at 04:43:30:

In Reply to: Re: There's no Full Monty for KM! posted by Jay Reay on March 21, 1998 at 23:18:09:

Dear Colleagues,

Confused? You could be!

One of the issues the use of theories, analogies, metaphors and especially colloquial expressions to convey meaning may be one of "common understanding". If there is no common understanding of the underlying knowledge, information and data needed to comprehend a metaphor then it's value, in the specific instance, is nullified or limited. If we use metaphors and analogies out of context then we can create new knowledge, transfer existing knowledge or hold ones attention and confuse.

A possible analogy being ice skating. Consider how judges decide who wins - usually along the lines of marks out of ten for content and style. Style to an ice skater is important. Without style valuable points are "not gained". Style and the value that it is attributed also depends heavily on interpretation, on setting, on mood and on comparative analysis.

So why do I metion this. No reason in particular - it's rather like mentioning the "Full Monty" in the context of Knowledge Management. Is it meant to be - and there is expressed intentionality here - "Full Monty" as in the expression "this RDBMS system has the full monty", used in order to indicate relational completeness of a particular implemenation of the relational model - according to Date and Codd? or is it the Full Monty in the dialog "What are you having for breakfast this morning Mr Jones? Eggs, ham, mushrooms, tomatoes, toast, tea etc. etc. " to which he would never reply "Yes please Mrs. Thatcher I'll go for the full monty this morning" in order to indicate a wish to be served a complete Welsh breakfast? Or is it possibly a reference to a film of the same name? Or is it indeed the way that the expression "Full Monty" is used in the West Atlantic?

Best regards,

Martyn

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Martyn Jones
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