OSE Principles of Collaboration

These principles apply to large scale, scalable, open source, global, transparent, and inclusive collaboration.

1. There are 2 main roles on the wiki: contributors and maintainers.
2. All collaborators keep a work log. This allows for tracking of collaboration. Without keeping logs - maintainers will have a hard time coordinating and building upon contributions.
3. Collaboration protocols rely on a shared understanding of these protocols. The protocols are always evolving. They are open to contribution by anybody, and you can edit them on the wiki. If you see a better way to do things, while adhering to OSE Specifications, simple edit a given Protocol. Simply copy a wiki page with the protocol and link from your log. If your changes are sound, they will be merged. You can use the Pull Request Form or contact an admin or maintainer to merge your changes. If a page is not protected, you can edit a page directly.
4. To find any of 500,000 pages (which will eventually exist) on this wiki, you need to know 3 things. 1 - what you are looking for. 2 - what it is called. 3 - if it doesn't exist or is not indexed, edit the wiki. For 1 - only you can tell that. For 2 - you need to know the OSE Taxonomy.