Changes

The ultimate goal of the Tree of Knowledge (ToK) project is aims to reconstruct build a comprehensive online database of intellectual history that will trace the mosaic evolution of accepted theories human knowledge by documenting belief systems from around the world and employed methods throughout history. By cataloging scholarly views on scientific, philosophical, theological, and other beliefs of historical agents, the ToK will be an invaluable new tool for any epistemic community at any point researchers, educators, and the general public. The ToK meets two pressing concerns. For scholars of intellectual history facing an overwhelming amount of information, the ToK will act as a repository of fully-referenced up-to-date historical knowledge. By revealing gaps in the historical record, the ToK will aid novel research and improve our understanding of intricate relationships between diverse fields over time. In its scope For educators and complexitythe general public interested in historical belief systems, this project compares the ToK will offer an accessible summary of current academic views and debates.  The ToK aspires to similar projects from other branches of science, such as accomplish for the creation field of intellectual history what [https://tree.opentreeoflife.org the Open Tree of Life], [https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ astronomical databases], [http://geacron.com the World History Atlas], and [https://religiondatabase.org/ the Database of Religious History] accomplish for their respective fields.

The project was first announced by [[Hakob Barseghyan]] on 15 January, 2016.

{{#evt:service=youtube|id=71owGRMclu8|alignment=right|description=Hakob Barseghyan announces ''The Tree of Knowledge'' project|container=frame }} {{#evt:service=youtube|id=hQE-PdeGNY0|alignment=right|urlargs=start=748|description=Nicholas Overgaard outlines ''The Tree of Knowledge'' project|container=frame }} {{#evt:service=youtube|id=oLWe6c3JV68|alignment=right|urlargs=start=46|description=Hakob Barseghyan on the necessity of a unified database of intellectual history|container=frame }} The project is set to launch in 2018 with a relatively small-scale ''pilot '', the task of which is to reconstruct the theories and methods of one small community at one short time-period. To that end, several important steps will be taken:

* Gather the '''data ''' on one community and enter it into the database. This will help us test the database and see if it misses any important components (, i.e. if we have we included all the classes, properties, and relations we need?)that have to be included. The outcome of the pilot project will be studied and discussed by the [[Community:Scientonomy|Scientonomy community]] and necessary adjustments will be made to the schema of the historical database.  The next step will involve inviting scholars from around the world to participate in filling the historical database with actual data on different communities and their mosaics. It is understood that due to its scope and complexity, this will be a ongoing project.