Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of BoincBasics


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  • BoincBasics

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    55This document describes ''BOINC Basics'',
    66an infrastructure for web-based "working communities",
    7 i.e. people who are trying to accomplish something together.
     7i.e. groups of people trying to accomplish something together.
    88Boinc Basics provides mechanisms for user accounts,
    99grouping of users, and communication among users.
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    1111BOINC Basics provides a basis for three 'activities':
    1212
    13  * BOINC - volunteer computing
    14  * BOSSA - distributed thinking
    15  * BOLT - Web-based learning
     13 * [/ BOINC] - volunteer computing
     14 * [BossaIntro BOSSA] - distributed thinking
     15 * [BoltIntro BOLT] - Web-based learning
    1616
    1717A ''project'' is an organization that does one or more
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    2525Passwords are stored only in a hashed form, reducing security risks.
    2626
    27 An account can have an associated '''profile''',
    28 in which the user can provide a picture and
    29 text describing themselves, or their interest in the project or activity.
     27An account can have the following user-supplied attributes:
    3028
    31 An account can have an associated avatar -
    32 a small image used to represent the user.
     29 * A '''profile''' in which the user can provide a picture and text describing themselves, or their interest in the project or activity.
     30 * An avatar - a small image used to represent the user.
     31 * Demographic attributes: birth year, sex, nationality, education level.
    3332
    34 An account can be granted ''credit'' by the project.
    35 BOINC Basics keeps track of the account's total credit,
    36 and its average credit (exponentially smoothed with a 1-week half-life).
     33An account has the following project-supplied attributes
     34 * A numerical ''credit'', representing the amount of contribution to the project, possibly involving computation, distributed thinking, recruitment of other users, etc. BOINC Basics keeps track of the account's total credit, and its average credit (exponentially smoothed with a 1-week half-life).
     35 * Activity-specific attributes: how well the user has mastered a body of knowledge, their aptitude at various types of tasks, and so on.
    3736
    3837== Communication mechanisms ==
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    4039=== Message boards ===
    4140
    42 BOINC Basics provides '''message boards'''.
     41BOINC Basics provides '''message boards'''
    4342Message boards consist of 'forums',
    4443each one having a particular topic.
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    4847The message board software
    4948A project can provide a fixed set of forums.
     49
    5050=== Private messages ===
    5151
    5252=== RSS feeds ===
    5353
     54=== Possible future mechanisms ===
     55 * Skype and Skypecast
     56 * IRC or other chat
     57
    5458== Groups ==
    5559