REAP stands for
- Retrieve — collect information from a variety of sources
- Extract — extract data, facts, examples
- Arrange — arrange documents and facts for use now or later
- Present — compose information into artifacts of value
Which is
Ramana Rao's model of what needs to be addressed "beyond search". In the comments,
Mark Stefik chimes in with some tantalizing hints at work PARC has done with intelligence analysts. I wonder if these are business or security analysts? In any event, he suggests that tools for analysts fit within some broad strokes but differ significantly in the details.
Contrast with
Yahoo!'s consumer oriented FUSE vision.
Via Knowledge Jolt with Jack