Changes between Version 31 and Version 32 of BossaIntro

Timestamp:

Aug 21, 2008, 1:34:02 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

davea

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 Bossa is an open-source software framework for ''distributed thinking'' -
-the use of volunteers on the Internet to accomplish a set of tasks
+the use of volunteers on the Internet to perform tasks
 that use human cognition, knowledge, or intelligence.
 
-Bossa lets you create a '''project web site''' where volunteers go to perform tasks.
-This site is hosted on your own Linux server.
-Bossa uses [BoincBasics BOINC Basics], which provides web identity and community features on your project web site.
+Bossa minimizes the effort of creating and operating a distributed thinking project.
+It provides a '''project web site''', hosted on your Linux server,
+where volunteers go to perform tasks and to network with other volunteers.
 All you need to supply are PHP scripts to generate, show, and handle tasks.
 
 Bossa helps you deal with the variance of volunteer skill.
-It maintains an estimate of the skill level of each volunteer,
+It maintains estimates of the skill level of volunteers,
 and ensures that, for each task, there is a 'consensus' of
-compatible results among a sufficiently large set of volunteers.
+compatible results among a sufficient set of volunteers.
 
-Typically you'll want to have a 'training course' that volunteers must complete
-before performing tasks.
-You can do this using [BoltIntro Bolt].
+Typically you'll want train volunteers;
+this can be done using [BoltIntro Bolt],
+a framework for web-based training that integrates with Bossa.
 
 For more information, contact [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/anderson/ David Anderson].