<HEAD> <TITLE>"ASK - elaboration"</Title> </HEAD> <BODY> <A NAME="pgtop"></A> <A HREF="indexc.htm"><Img Src="flconts.gif" alt=""></A> <A HREF="index9.htm"><Img Src="fllarrow.gif" alt=""></A> <A HREF="index11.htm"><Img Src="flrarrow.gif" alt=""></A> <A HREF="#pgbot"><Img Src="flnote.gif" alt=""></A> <BR> <IMG BORDER=0 SRC="index10.gif" alt=""> <HR> <A NAME="pgbot"></A> <UL><LI>An important improvement in the way topics are linked came when the authors made a distinction between concepts merely <B>mentioned</B> in a topic and those <B>elaborated upon</B>. <LI>So in the "boy who cried wolf" example, the fact that wolves and sheep were in the story is incidental to the meaning and usefulness of the story -- it could have been lions and goats and the deeper meaning would have been the same. So wolves and sheepherding are merely mentioned concepts. In the improved system, only elaborated links (lying and indifference) are used to link topics.</UL> <HR> <A HREF="#pgtop"><Img Src="flpage.gif" alt=""></A> <FONT SIZE="-2">Published by Lotus® Freelance Graphics® </BODY>