Telecom Computer Security Databases Handheld Devices Tech. I am so pleased to hear Ricouer mentioned in relation to km. I think that his nothion of a document, however, is considerably richer than document managers realize.
Documents are liminal beings.
They exist, so to speak, on the margins of history, like talmudic commentary, linking minds across time and through various circumstances. Because of the richness entiled in even what may currently appear as a trivial document, I think the doc management is an essential part of most km strategies. However, I think that a real risk that one runs in doc management is the reification of said documents. It is easy to believe that the purpose of the system is to archive, document, and store completed works and works in progress until such a time as they are complete.