Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of BoincBasics

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Oct 2, 2007, 12:42:59 PM (17 years ago)

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davea

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+= BOINC Basics: support for working communities =
+
+(Design document - not implemented yet)
+
+This document describes ''BOINC Basics'',
+an infrastructure for web-based "working communities",
+i.e. people who are trying to accomplish something together.
+Boinc Basics provides mechanisms for user accounts,
+grouping of users, and communication among users.
+
+BOINC Basics provides a basis for three 'activities':
+
+ * BOINC - volunteer computing
+ * BOSSA - distributed thinking
+ * BOLT - Web-based learning
+
+A ''project'' is an organization that does one or more
+of these activities, and runs the BOINC Basics software on a server.
+A project can add activities without requiring new user registration.
+
+== Accounts ==
+
+Users (i.e. people in the working community) create '''accounts'''.
+Each account is identified by an email address and password.
+Passwords are stored only in a hashed form, reducing security risks.
+
+An account can have an associated '''profile''',
+in which the user can provide a picture and
+text describing themselves, or their interest in the project or activity.
+
+An account can have an associated avatar -
+a small image used to represent the user.
+
+An account can be granted ''credit'' by the project.
+BOINC Basics keeps track of the account's total credit,
+and its average credit (exponentially smoothed with a 1-week half-life).
+
+== Communication mechanisms ==
+
+=== Message boards ===
+
+BOINC Basics provides '''message boards'''.
+Message boards consist of 'forums',
+each one having a particular topic.
+Each forum consists of a set of 'threads',
+and each thread consists of a set of 'posts'.
+
+The message board software 
+A project can provide a fixed set of forums.
+=== Private messages ===
+
+=== RSS feeds ===
+
+== Groups ==
+