Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of BossaOverview


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    2020and for which you want to collect alternatives.
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     22Distributed thinking projects have widely varying properties
     23and hence different requirements.
     24Bossa's design philosophy is to provide '''mechanisms''',
     25and leave it up to the projects to define the '''policies'''.
     26This is done using the following techniques:
     27
    2228== The diverse requirements of distributed thinking ==
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    24 Distributed thinking projects have widely varying properties
    25 and hence different requirements.
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    2631First, they may require different ''distribution policies'',
    2732i.e. different orders in which jobs are distributed.
     
    6671== How Bossa addresses these requirements ==
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    68 Bossa's design philosophy is to provide '''mechanisms''',
    69 and leave it up to the projects to define the '''policies'''.
    70 This is done using the following techniques:
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    7275 * Project-specific information about jobs and volunteers is stored in '''project data''' fields.  These are PHP objects whose structure is determined by the project.  Bossa stores them in a textual form in the database.