From the example of organizational behavior, Karl Weick's work on sensemaking strongly reflects the a sensitivity to the knowledge building process. Weick's sensemaking describes how we actively attempt to understand the world around us. The theory closely follows much of Coherentism. Sensemaking develops a set of practices which will aid in the understanding of acquired information. It cites methods form building the context into which to place information so that is useable.
Information can become knowledge when it has been viewed within a coherent belief structure.
In terms of information systems, the need for building a context, or a coherent environment, relates to the development of structured information environments. Unstructured environments like listservs, the World Wide Web, and electronic mail fail to provide the context which aid in the processing of information and provide the opportunity for knowledge building. These environments have received negative reactions due to a lack of usability and a general inability to make sense of the information. Attempts to rectify the loss of context problem, must center on understanding cognitive process for knowledge development and for information processing. Threading represents the effort the string together sequences of comments which reference each other.