GVCS Pattern Language

Introduction

To facilitate communication about the RCCS, it is useful to define a set of icons to communicate the components of the RCCS. The point of this is to address that:

• The RCCS is a well-bounded set of items
• Communication about the development of the RCCS, or a new meme for the development of civilization, is a complex topic, and should be simplified. One way to achieve this is via iconography.
• Explainer Videos can be composed using these icons
• Main icon categories can be created: OSA, RepLab, others
• If documented in open document format, these can be utilized by any collaborator worldwide
• Creative use of these icons can lead to lucic explanations of product ecologies, concepts, strategic deployment plans, design of specific RCCS implementation, long-term planning, funding, and publicity, among other purposes

Icon Specifications and Design

• List is comprehensive in so far as the basic pattern language for advanced civilization is concerned
• List is well-bounded; only most essential components are included
• The icon should be a scalable vector graphic, usable in a program such as Inkscape, importable into a program such as Dia for making diagrams
• Templates should be created for easy manipulation of these icons - see this Template Example
• Source code for all diagrams (original file) should be available to anybody for reworking or collaboration purposes - to foster global collaboration
• 3D, manipulable image (stl, or stereolithography) file should be created for every icon
• Icons, .stl files, fabrication procedure documentation, video, 3D Cad, design drawings, concept diagrams, and other documentation should provide a complete set of
• Product Selection Metric sould in general guide the choice of products selected
• Product design should follow OSE Specifications
• Discussion regarding the icons should take place at Icons Discussion
• Icons should be designed such that funding proposals and strategic planning is facilitated via use of the icons
• Proposed icon design - color image inside a color border. Border should contain annotation to make the icon self-explanatory. Border color should be selected according to purpose of discussion.
  • General discussion - border color should be black
  • Discussion on status of implementations - border color should reflect the status of development. Red for Prototype I, Yellow for Prototype II, Green for Prototype III.
  • Status of implementation may be specified further - CAD image may represent the CAD design (2D or 3D). A picture may represent the finished product.
• RCCS Levels - RCCS I, RCCS II, RCCS III - may be indicated in border
• Border may make note on cost, status, etc - as needed.

Icon Categories

There may be overlap, but here is a throw-down, organized by main categories.

OSA Passive Produce

Perennial:

• Asparagus
• Rhubarb
• Garlic
• Ramps
• Walking Onions
• Horseradish

Greens:

• Spinach
• Lettuce
• Dill
• Cilantro
• Green onions
• Lamb's quarters
• Dandelion
• Basil
• Stinging Nettles
• Radish
• Peas
• Edible flowers
• Fennel
• Chard
• Kale
• Choi

Cole:

• Cauliflower
• Cabbage
• Brussels Sprouts

Medicinal:

• Comfrey
• Poppy
• Sage, oregano, thyme

Hot summer:

• Tomatoes
• Peppers
• Zucchini
• Cucumber
• Squash
• Okra
• Corn
• Popcorn
• Green beans
• Dried beans
• Eggplant

Roots:

• Carrot
• Beet
• Potato/Sweet Potato
• Daikon
• Turnip
• Parsnip
• Celeriac
• Rutabaga
• Jerusalem Artichokes

Indoor (temperate zone):

• Lemon/lime/orange
• Stevia
• Aloe
• Gotu kola
• Bay
• Tea
• Banana
• Fig

Field crop

• Beans
• Corn
• Wheat
• Buckwheat
• Rye
• Sunflower for oil
• Sorghum
• Styrian oil pumpkin

OSA Value-added food products

• Butter
• Bread
• Burritos
• Salsa
• Mayonnaise
• Ketchup
• Mustard
• Horseradish
• Pickled cucumbers
• Fermented beets
• Chicken meat
• Duck meat
• Turkey
• Goose
• Venison
• Beef
• Pork
• Rabbit
• Eggs
• Milk
• Cheese
• Tomato Sauce
• Pasta
• Apple Juice
• Wine
• Sorghum syrup
• Honey
• Brown sugar
• Maple syrup

Berries

• Blueberries
• Raspberries
• Red currants
• Gooseberries
• Oleaster -
• Kiwi
• Grape
• Strawberries

Fruit

• Apple
• Pear
• Peach
• Plum
• Asian Pear
• Cherry
• Apricot

Nut

• Ginkgo
• Black walnut
• Pecan
• Hunza apricot pits
• Acorn
• English Walnut

Timber Crop

• Poplar

Biocrop

• Paper
• Biochar
• Bioplastic
• Pyrolysis Oil
• Fuel alcohol
• Potassium hydroxide
• Soap

Mining

• Limestone
• Cement
• Clay
• Pottery
• Calcium Carbide
• Glass
• Brick
• Compressed Earth Brick
• Electrowinning

Nursery:

• Compost
• Grafting
• Stoolbeds
• Root Propagation
• Mist Propagation
• Greenhouse
• Shadehouse
• Nursery Beds

Land Management:

• Fencing
• Terracing
• Ponds
• Orchard
• Grassland
• Forest
• Trees
• River
• Rain
• Sun

==OSA Agricultural Machinery

• LifeTrac Icon
• Multipurpose Auger Icon
• Well Drilling Rig Icon
• Agricultural Combine Icon
• Agricultural Spader
• Agricultural Mower
• Seeder
• Baler
• Brush hog
• Chainsaw
• Stump grinder

• Perennial Crops, fruits, nuts

Other

RepLab - the Open Source Fab Lab

GVCS I:

• CNC Torch Table Icon
• 3D Printer Icon
• CNC Lathe Icon
• CNC Mill Icon
• Plasma Cutter Icon (power electronics)
• Welder Icon

More:

• CNC Router Icon
• Robotic Arm - CNC welding

• Advanced Materials Science

• Basic Materials Science
• Metallurgy
• CNC Fabrication
• Workshop Tools
• Hand Tools

Construction

• • Loader Icon
  • Backhoe Icon
  • Sawmill Icon
  • Cement Mixer Icon
  • Trencher Icon - for laying cable

Fuel and Energy

GVCS I:

• Pelletizer Icon
• Gasifer
• Heat Exchanger Icon
• Steam engine
• Solar Concentrator

More:

• Biomass Pellets Icon

Additional Icons

• Land
• Trees
• Water
• Earth
• Wind Turbine
• Laser Cutter Icon
• Desktop Semiconductor Foundry Icon-Desktop Semiconductor Foundry