I suspect we're clinging too tightly to the word/concept of document. It feels like you're talking about a new thing that is distinct from (but related to) a traditional 'document'.
What if this new thing was some 'volume' in semantic space that covered some amount of a domain with a fuzzy boundary and evolving content within. A traditional document is probably a slice through this volume, or a view or projection of some subset of the volume, into a concrete artifact that reflects the current state of the volume. Interactions with (changes to) the document can affect the volume, but in many ways this volume is a new entity, and our interactions with it are not limited to these 'document' views of it. Certainly we will try and discover new views of and interactions with these volumes, but I think it's a mistake to think of this volume as an evolution of the 'document'. Let the volume be its own new thing, and let 'document' remain close to what it means today.
One thing that I've always found weird is that we need to refer to documents for them to be useful. Someone has to discover, understand, and then recall them when they are relevant. Otherwise they are just sitting there, slowly adding to our cloud storage bill.
I suspect we're clinging too tightly to the word/concept of document. It feels like you're talking about a new thing that is distinct from (but related to) a traditional 'document'.
What if this new thing was some 'volume' in semantic space that covered some amount of a domain with a fuzzy boundary and evolving content within. A traditional document is probably a slice through this volume, or a view or projection of some subset of the volume, into a concrete artifact that reflects the current state of the volume. Interactions with (changes to) the document can affect the volume, but in many ways this volume is a new entity, and our interactions with it are not limited to these 'document' views of it. Certainly we will try and discover new views of and interactions with these volumes, but I think it's a mistake to think of this volume as an evolution of the 'document'. Let the volume be its own new thing, and let 'document' remain close to what it means today.
One thing that I've always found weird is that we need to refer to documents for them to be useful. Someone has to discover, understand, and then recall them when they are relevant. Otherwise they are just sitting there, slowly adding to our cloud storage bill.