4.1.D. Peer governance in peer production? - P2P Foundation - 0 views
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quality control
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access and the workflow
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The free-form model, which Wikipedia employs, allows anyone to edit any entry at any time.
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the owner-centric model
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permission of a specific ‘owner’ who has to defend the integrity of his module.
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different assumptions and effects.
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The free-form model connotes more of a sense that all users are on the “same level," and that expertise will be universally recognized and deferred to
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the creator of an entry is spared the trouble of reviewing every change before it is integrated, as well as the need to perform the integration
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the owner-centric authority model assumes the owner is the de facto expert in the topic at hand,
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and all others must defer to them.
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the owner must review all modification proposals, and take the time to integrate the good ones.
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The owner-centric model is better for quality, but takes more time, while the free-form model increases scope of coverage and is very fast.
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'equipotentiality'
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rules are generated within the community itself, though mostly in the early phases. After a while, they tend to consolidate and they are a given for the new participants who come later
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a process of socialization is crucial to eventual acceptance . The process is akin to the tradition of artisanship, which has been used in the three-degree system of original freemasonry as well: apprentice, companion (fellow craft), master. But it is implied rather than formalized.
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Crucial to the success of many collaborative projects is their implementation of the reputation schemes.
