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	Publications: Publications are listed below and populated dynamically from our database. They are in no specific order. Most publications listed show date published, page length and version number where appropriate. Many of these publications are expected. Pdf Version About Us \| Partners \| Organizational Publisher \| Publications \| Clients \| Contact Us \| Old Publications \| Medical Publishing \| Rational Data Institute of Technology A guide to self-directed learning and interactive education ISBN: 978-1-929589-28-9 By: Marlin Knecht Description: The Rational Data Institute of Technology (RDIT) is a new kind of learning institution with virtual locations and interactive campuses in both the online and real world. It is both progressive and non-traditional. Its goal is to bring self-directed and self-initiated learning to education. Learning at RDIT is based on the student’s passion and quest for learning. It occurs through the “student as teacher” and “teacher as facilitator” models. RDIT provides a new kind of education platform designed to solve real-world problems while learning how to learn. This guide is a roadmap to self-facilitation in the learning process. It also provides a guide that shows students how to access some of the most advanced learning technology available today. The Guide Training Academy A different kind of a career for innovative and creative people ISBN: 978-1-929589-29-6 By: Marlin Knecht Description: This book provides a roadmap to the Guide Training Academy. It first provides readers self-evaluation questions to help them select the type of Guide they wish to become, and then takes them through the process of getting there. It discusses the rewards of choosing a career as a Guide, both financially and intellectually. It provides insight into what it means to be trained to access some of the world’s most advanced information technologies as a means of solving real-world problems in the business, medical, scientific and educational environments. Neoscience ISBN: 978-1-929589-31-9 By: Marlin Knecht A new paradigm in scientific understanding Description: Neoscience literally means “new science,” and it’s based on a new kind of scientific presupposition: that space-time is predicated on consciousness and not the other way around. This perceptual shift places traditional processes of scientific discovery in a new light while still vouching for their effectiveness as both a means of knowing and an investigative methodology. In conjunction with the center for neoscience. Web 3.0 Cyberspace ( this title may not be done ) A guide to a new kind of cyberspace and the Rational Data Network ISBN: 978-1-929589-32-6 By: Marlin Knecht Description: The book provides a singular vision of what web 3.0 technologies are and what the author’s vision of web 3.0, or the third-generation web, means. It boldly asserts that Rational Data International and its founder developed both the vision and the underlying technology for the third-generation web model, and that during the past two decades other visionaries have continued to build upon the Rational Data model through research and development. Author Marlin Knecht, chairman and CEO of Rational Data, discusses standards and frameworks for web 3.0, as well as digital and intellectual property and the Virtual Global Nation model. The book not only describes the vision and development of web 3.0, but invites readers to participate in its success. The book describes the early iterations of the web as a maturation process that allowed for a dynamic transformation with the third generation. Web 3.0, the author demonstrates, is much more than just a technological extension of the first two, but a synergistic and synthetic leap. It not only integrates an array of evolving technologies, but becomes a mechanism for growth among a human population facing worldwide problems. The book is a roadmap of one way we might use web 3.0 to help address the challenges that face us today. The Virtual Global Nation Model A guide to a new kind of nation ISBN: 978-1-929589-33-3 By: Marlin Knecht Description: The Virtual Global Nation is about the formation of an online meta-level governance model designed to provide access to as much of the global population as is reachable through the Internet, currently about one-fourth of the world’s people. It is predicated on the idea of bringing together people from all walks of life and from all over the globe to solve worldwide issues by empowering them with access to advanced technology developed by Rational Data, a social entrepreneurial organization. The Virtual Global Nation Model is built on the principles of democracy and existential rights. It provides a governance model that contains a constitution and a rights document, as well as an end-user license agreement. A VGN would include governance institutions, such as a virtual stock exchange, central bank and standards institute, and the tools to conduct commerce, such as currency, securities and digital property. A VGN also would include educational platforms, such as the Rational Data Institute of Technology, which uses advanced learning technologies to help students solve real-world problems. The VGN model was developed by replicating some of the world’s current institutions, but improving upon and transforming them by taking into account today’s technological capabilities. Those using the VGN model would not be in opposition to current governments, but would complement and collaborate with them. The model can be more efficient and effective than current governments because, by virtue of almost instantaneous communication, it can harness the ideas of people across the globe and transform those ideas into direct, positive action and create a purpose-driven culture. Building Vehicles for Use and Profit A guide to using the i Platform and the Rational Data Network ISBN: 978-1-929589-34-0 By: Marlin Knecht Description: Rational Data Network provides a new kind of cyberspace – one that contains information-based environments that Travelers can explore, much like players navigating the virtual environments of video games, but in unlimited settings in cyberspace. Travelers using the i Platform on the Rational Data Network create Vehicles and Avatars they use to visit, explore and interact in this information- based cyberspace. The designs of Avatars and Vehicles can be similar to those in video games, but they also can be much more complex and purpose-driven, depending upon the software, services, tools and information built into them. For example, a Vehicle designed to travel through a virtual human body might contain instruments to measure hormone levels in the bloodstream and then deliver that critical information to the virtual Traveler. This book describes how to build and publish a Vehicle on the Rational Data Network. It also explains how you can make money by publishing a vehicle to a network of Travelers or to individuals or groups in specific content areas. Rational Data Industry Model In defense of existential rights and sustainability ISBN: 978-1-929589-35-7 By: Marlin Knecht Description: The Rational Data Industry Model describes how the model was created, the rationale behind it, the real-world and virtual-world organizations that are part of it and how these organizations relate to and are integrated with third-generation web technology. The book presents the social entrepreneurial approach to today’s global issues and challenges. It envisions a grassroots industry model that promotes sustainability as a philosophy and a solution. The model also envisions empowering individuals globally to work together to solve problems and provide an infrastructure that supports existential rights and a true democratic process. The Rational Data Network A guide to a new kind of cyberspace ISBN: 978-1-929589-36-4 By: Marlin Knecht Description: Traveling in a new kind of information-based cyberspace can initially be a bit confusing and intimidating. What is this type of cyberspace, how does it work and how does a Traveler navigate in it? This book guides the Traveler from the steps of building an Avatar and developing a unique Vehicle to traveling through the space itself. It discusses how Travelers can earn an income by publishing Avatars and Vehicles on the network, as well as by creating worlds and other elements on the network. The book also provides lists of jumping-off points for Travelers to begin a journey and of destinations to visit and explore. The book provides examples of Avatars, Vehicles and genre-specific spaces on the network. It also covers the ins and outs of how to work with content experts, called Guides. The Digital Property Registry A use guide for managing digital property ISBN: 978-1-929589-37-1 By: Marlin Knecht Description: The book explains what digital property is and the different types of digital property that exist. It describes how to register digital property, invest in it, sell it and determine its value. The book explains how digital property opens up a vast new way of creating wealth. It discusses how digital property relates to intellectual property and real property. It explains how digital property rights will necessitate and establish a new kind of property law. It covers specific topics such as the Digital Property Registry, the International Digital Exchange and the Digital Property Framework, as well as delving into more in-depth topics, such as easements, property rights, the origin of digital property and more. Making Sense of Information A guide to archetypes in information processes and the development of new paradigms ISBN: 978-1-929589-38-8 By: Marlin Knecht Description: This book talks about various archetypes that are mirrored between human information processing and elements of consciousness, learning theory, and the nature of information itself. It distinguishes between data and information on a number of different levels, laying out the core strategies for making sense of information. It stipulates that data is a “stipulated factual”. While information gives meaning to data, and forms a structure. It visits the concept of coherence and consistency in theories of truth Advanced Mining Technologies A curriculum for data and text mining engineers ISBN: 978-1-929589-39-5 Description: This book covers provides an outline of the curriculum for mining engineers at the Rational Data Institute of Technology. It covers the Rational Data Toolset, which includes a variety of technologies developed by Rational Data and third-party developers. It also covers basic information theory, the nature of data and the nature of information as it relates to human information processing. It outlines methodologies for developing procedural and theoretical goals in building data- and text-mining technologies. The Digital Property Primer A guide to the use of digital property on the Rational Data Network ISBN: 978-1-929589-40-1 Description: This book is a comprehensive discussion of digital property and how it is used on the Rational Data Network. It covers the foundation of digital property, the technology drivers that make it a necessity and the history of property law. It talks about the evolution of property law and its impact on societies and countries as a means of wealth aggregation and discusses the intersection of traditional property law with digital property law. The book provides a full list of types of digital property and their uses and outlines the rights associated with digital property. Digital Property Rights A strategy for economic growth and the amelioration of worldwide poverty ISBN: 978-1-929589-41-8 Description: This book is a succinct discussion on digital property rights, what they are and how they apply in the Virtual Global Nation Model. It covers topics such as the Digital Property Registry, digital title, and the International Digital Exchange as a primer to digital property rights. After building a foundation for digital property rights it focuses on how digital property rights are potentially a means aggregating capital and providing for development in countries around the world. The author argues that property law and in this case digital property law forms one of key foundation stones that allows an economy to form and rise up from less fortunate economic circumstances. The Digital Property Framework The institutions and the design ISBN: 978-1-929589-42-5 Description: This book covers the digital property framework, what it is, why it was established, the purpose of each of the organizations that make up the framework, and the standards established by it. The International Digital Exchange An investor’s guide to digital property and the IDE ISBN: 978-1-929589-43-2 Description: This investor’s guide provides a quick overview of the International Digital Exchange and how it works. It explains how the IDE is a critical entity in an investment network. The guide explains how to invest in digital property and how to value it, as well as how to buy, sell and develop assets under the digital property umbrella. It discusses transformational business models and how to list a property, support a project or develop funding for a spinoff. Virtual Institutions in the Global Nation Model The development of meta-level frameworks for a governance model ISBN: 978-1-929589-44-9 Description: This book covers virtual institutions: what they are, and what purposes and functions they serve in the Virtual Global Nation Model. It describes the virtual governance model and how institutions provide an extension of the model and a format for implementation. This is a short work, and a quick read for anyone who wants to know the ins and outs of the Virtual Global Nation Model. From Discovery to Spinoff A roadmap to funding innovation and problem-solving ISBN: 978-1-929589-45-6 literature Description: From Discovery to Spinoff describes the process of taking information that has been revealed through data mining and literature-based discovery and creating a viable business entity using Guide Services and the Rational Data Network. It explains how Travelers on the Rational Data Network can empower themselves by using existing resources to form collaborative communities, develop problem-solving methodologies and post projects for investigation and development. The book helps individuals identify the difference between source or core technologies and technologies that are extensions of existing technologies. The book also explains how science and technology theory can intersect with practical uses. From Discovery to Spinoff provides down-to-earth timelines for investigation and development and how to fine-tune timelines based on project network statistics. It’s a must read for anyone interested in solving real-world problems or meeting real-world needs. These individuals can use the Rational Data Network and its framework to access research tools and resources. The Rational Data framework can help individuals find funding and other resources to solve problems or launch commercial ventures that address real-world needs. Plenitude The meaning of success ISBN: 978-1-929589-46-3 Description: Plenitude means “abundance,” and it is a core philosophy that must be embraced if we are to achieve global sustainability. Plenitude is a philosophy of being and self-appreciation that is far removed from current-day Western culture. It shifts the paradigm of how we measure success and how we look at the world and it speaks to new ways of valuing ourselves as human beings and individuals. This book discusses the origins of this philosophy, some of its basic precepts, including what fullness of being is all about. It invites us to participate in a new model that advocates non-violent, community-based solution finding. For example, it discusses how one way to change a system is simply to not participate in it anymore, thereby depleting its energy. Ultimately, that which is old will drop away and the new will take hold. Plenitude is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the thinking behind Rational Data CEO Marlin Knecht’s 20 years of work. My Avatar Lab How to build avatars on the Rational Data Network ISBN: 978-1-929589-47-0 Description: The book describes how to build Avatars on the Rational Data Network. It covers such basics as how to create and customize an avatar’s hair, clothing, coloring and accessories. It explains how to save avatars and list them for sale, and discusses avatar optimization. Building a profile, linking to profiles on other social networking sites, chat, and internet etiquette also are covered. The Vehicle Factory How to build vehicles for profit on the Rational Data Network ISBN: 978-1-929589-48-7 Description: The Vehicle Factory explains the ins and outs of building a vehicle in the Vehicle Factory. It’s a simple volume and a quick read for novice and advanced developer alike. It begins with a high-level overview of representational methods on the Rational Data Network and moves on to more in-depth explanations. Covered are file sizes, file uploading, how to request an instrument or tool, and building vehicle skins. It also explains how to become a certified developer through the Rational Data Institute of Technology. The Specialty Guide A source book for becoming a Specialty Guide on The Rational Data Network ISBN: 978-1-929589-49-4 Description: Specialty Guides form the backbone of the Rational Data Network. They serve an important function on the network as information ambassadors. The Specialty Guide works as part of a team of individuals that includes researchers, data- and text-mining engineers, and graphics and content development specialists. Specialty Guides are the messengers between what the team discovers using Rational Data’s research and information-mapping technology and the outside world. This book talks about who might be a good fit for a career as a Specialty Guide, and what that career path would look like. A Guide should have a passion for learning, an understanding of consciousness studies, archetypes in information science and how these relate to business paradigms. The book also provides a brief overview of the types and levels of compensation that Specialty Guides might expect. Titles in consideration The Rational Data Cloud Cloud and data grid by Rational Data The International Data Grid By Rational Data Tangerine OS Open source operating system from Rational Data Kumquat Os Open source Mobile platform from Rational Data The i Platform A web based operating system from Rational Data Integrations i Platform, Tangerine, Kumquat The Rational Data OS Suite Digital Coffee A new kind of computing