A Reflection on the Role of Meta-TimeWorking Groups in the Development of Knowledge through Compilation of Encyclopedias and Annotation of Academic Textbooks

This research aims to determine the validity of meta-time working groups for the compilation of long lasting academic books. Compiling and revising large encyclopedias and developing knowledge through textbooks are usually beyond the ordinary capacities of one human generation. Therefore, to develop such durable scientific encyclopedias, using meta-time working groups seems necessary. The present research, considering the record of compiling five large encyclopedias of the world, emphasizes the necessity of an especial attention to the structure and method of leading trans-generational groups of scientists and researchers. These groups provide the possibility for a kind of synergy free from the necessity of time convergence, and make an opportunity for the development as well as the formal and informal coordination of activities in long periods. In this way, they become able to gradually compile encyclopedias, or in successive educational courses, offer the knowledge accumulated in the textbooks in a more useful and qualified manner through the expansion and interpretation of textbooks.