Mapping domain knowledge
A commenter at the MeshForum blog pointed out this intriguing clickable knowledge domains map from a 2003 colloquium: Mapping Knowledge Domains Colloquium 2003.
I would find this sort of map to be incredibly helpful coming into a conference or other meeting of people who I don't quite know yet. It would give me a feeling for both their line of interest (as represented by their presentation), and the ability to find out more about them by clicking-through.
While it is probably too much to maintain, it would be interesting to use it for a (contained) social network. A problem, of course, is that each person has multiple facets and interests, so a mono-branch tree doesn't work as easily. Debra Amidon has kept a different example at her Entovation International Knowledge Leadership Map, which is geographic and contains several hundred KM thought leaders.
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I'd like to see an internal version of this for my place of work that takes into account 1) formal academic training 2) projects worked on 3) papers published (and patents) it would be very interesting for enterprise km, too.
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The interesting part would be 'seeing' the connections between the speakers - their touchpoints and the patterns produced. This would greatly help with context provision.
Thinking a short summary of their paper may be a more useful link than a bio - that bio link could then be the next level down.
Now if we could add annotations and provide feedback linked to the map - that would be a real hook!