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- Acknowledgements is a particular discussion on the Discussion page of an object. It describes the contributions of each contributor of the object until the time when the acknowledgement is written. It also describes the resource contributors (such as research grants).
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Scope
How should the contributions of open assessors and other contributors be acknowledged in such a way that
- the process fulfils the criteria of open assessment, specifically open participation,
- the contributions are documented in a way that is accepted as a documentation of scientific merit,
- it is possible to make permanent documents out of a page and its related acknowledgements to be used in the same way as scientific articles?
Definition
Input
At least the following things are inputs to the process:
- An object that has been developed.
- Information from the history of the object about who contributed and what.
- Evaluation criteria for different kinds of contributions.
Output
The output describes who did and what in a way that is not disputed by any of the contributors.
Rationale
Acknowledgements must be some kind of a statement about who did and what. Therefore, it is easiest to make it in a form of a discussion that has the acknowledgement as its statement.
The contents of a page are typically only partly produced by the contributors from a scratch. Therefore, one of the contributors is called the shoulders of giants. This means existing information that was simply collected, not created by the contributors. So, the giants should get the merit for the information, while the contributors should get the merit for collecting it. The merit is distributed among the contributors according to the fractions of merit, which sum up to 1.
Result
Acknowledgement is a statement or a description of the cumulative work done for an object during its lifetime in Opasnet. It is based on the mutual agreement of the contributors. In the case of disagreement, a formal discussion should be started to clarify the positions and resolve the dispute.
The statement and possible discussions are located on the Talk page of the object under the subheading Acknowledgements. Acknowledgements is closely related to peer review and peer rating, which measure the respect (or merit) the page deserves. This respect is then further divided to the contributors based on the fractions or merit.
The statement has the following structure (example):
| The contents of a version of this page have been produced by the following group of contributors. One of the contributors is called the shoulders of giants. This means existing information that was simply collected, not created by the contributors. So, the giants should get the merit for the information, while the contributors should get the merit for collecting it. The merit is distributed among the contributors according to the fractions of merit, which sum up to 1. | |
| Contributor | Fraction of merit |
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| N.N. | 0.3 |
| M.M. | 0.15 |
| O.O. | 0.15 |
| P.P. | 0.08 |
| Q.Q., R.R., S.S. | 0.02 |
| Shoulders of giants | 0.3 |
The statement may be a result of a more detailed discussion where disputes have been resolved, for example the following.
| Fact discussion: . |
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Opening statement: This object was developed as a collaborative work with the following contributions:
Closing statement: Accepted. (Resolved, i.e., a closing statement has been found and updated to the main page.) |
| Argumentation:
←--1: . I participated in discussions that clearly improved the definition. --P.P. (type: truth; paradigms: science: defence) ⇤--2: . I participated in the discussions, too. I want my name in. --S.S. (type: truth; paradigms: science: attack)
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