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1/ Introducing the #Data With Direction Specification (#DWDS) v0.9.0.

The definitive @Xalgorithms resource.

#DataWithDirection #DWD #RulesasData #RaD #InternetofRules #IoR

https://xalgorithms.org/white-paper

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2/ DWDS #RuleSchema is a concise #data model at the core of the Data With Direction specification. #DWDS 

DWDS #RuleMaker, #RuleTaker and #RuleReserve are the three functional parts of a data-processing pipeline for sifting out IS + RULE --> OUGHT relations. @Xalgorithms Alliance participants are creating three reference implementations (developer / operator / modeller) on distinct platforms.

https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2016.2603178

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3/ The world lacked a scalable and efficient way to communicate obligation, permission or encouragement from 'rule-makers' (including you) to 'rule-takers' (including you).

4/ We noticed that data expressing MUST, MAY and SHOULD, their various negatives and synonyms, comprise a class of data with intrinsic directionality. These terms even have their own standards: https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp14  https://www.iso.org/sites/directives/current/part2/index.xhtml#_idTextAnchor078 

[c] So we optimized a way for data-with-direction to be discovered and transmitted over the Internet in a form directly usable by non-specialized humans and machines, for any purpose, in any language. #DWDS

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4/ #DWDS enables a wide diversity of potential use cases. Early collaborations involve cross-border trade, @Xalgo4Trade, monetary system integrity (#ERA), and dynamic indexed pricing, etc. All use cases and functional components together constitute an emergent #InternetofRules -- a name proposed by @jrpotvin in 2016 https://vimeo.com/173809271

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5/ Potvin, J. (2021). Data With Direction. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of a Doctorate in Administration (Project Management). Université du Québec. Canada. Currently in review by examination jury. Licensed: CC-by 4.0 International.

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6/ Text and Images are Licensed CC-BY 4.0 International. Computer programming code designed and developed as part of this work is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License (end-user applications) and the GNU Affero General Public License 3.0 (network infrastructure components).

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7/ Or later versions of those same licenses.

For more information, visit: 

https://xalgorithms.org/organization

https://gitlab.com/xalgorithms-alliance

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**Category 1 - About Xalgorithms, the model and people / community**

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Multi-National

Multi-Scale

Multi-Lingual

Multi-Temporal

100% #Free / #Libre / #Open

Visit the new @Xalgorithms website to learn about the #DataWithDirection Specification (#DWDS).

#RulesasData #InternetofRules #IoR

https://xalgorithms.org/

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We are a decentralized community of contributors...

Learn more about the @Xalgorithms Foundation and Alliance of contributors on the #new @Xalgorithms website!

https://xalgorithms.org/organization#alliance

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Let's Build!

With a complete end-to-end design, we're excited to share the #DataWithDirection specification, our work-in-progress reference implementations, and use cases in development under @Xalgorithms-hosted working groups.

https://xalgorithms.org/get-involved

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We've Been Listening, Thinking, Building and Refining.

With a complete end-to-end design, we're excited to share the #DataWithDirection specification, our work-in-progress reference implementations, and use cases in development under @Xalgorithms-hosted working groups.

https://xalgorithms.org/get-involved

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Individuals

Do Your Best Work Here.

We seek contributors who face complexity, are motivated to discover intuitive solutions, and pursue mutual understanding, and advancement.

Get involved!

https://xalgorithms.org/get-involved

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Institutions

Build on Your Strengths

We need institutions to substantively review our work, to provide R&D funding, and to experiment with implementation.

Get involved!

https://xalgorithms.org/get-involved

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Want to engage in substantive discussions on #RulesasData?

Join the @Xalgorithms email list!

https://lists.xalgorithms.org/mailman/listinfo/community

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What are @Xalgorithms contributors writing about?

Visit our blog for thought pieces:

https://xalgorithms.org/writing

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Did you know that ideas bounce?

They do. Really!

Check out the community page on the #new @Xalgorithms website!

#RulesasData #community

https://xalgorithms.org/community

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How can you create a flexible, high tolerance brand for a decentralized #FreeSoftware community?

Learn how Calvin (@millennialglyph) has pulled this off with the #new @Xalgorithms identity!

#FOSS #Libre #Design #HeadlessBrand #OpenSource

https://xalgorithms.org/writing/brand-process

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"I get to write as I learn my way... for those reading, this is an invitation to join me and us."

Deja's (@dejachy) journey @Xalgorithms began here. Check out her #blog to learn about her role on the team and other contributors.

#GIS #Communications

https://www.xalgorithms.org/writing/Explaining-ERA-and-my-Role-at-Xalgorithms

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Navigating #impostersyndrome, #tech, and #EarthReserve Assurance, check out Deja's (@dejachy) insights on what it means to be #BlackinTech and her work on #ERA!

#GIS #Communications

https://xalgorithms.org/writing/Coding-Imposter-Syndrome-and-Gratitude

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"My experience in the world of e-commerce throughout my final years of high school was formative to my understanding..."

Learn about Keith's (@keithdlt) journey to computational rules expression through #ecommerce!

#InternetofRules #IoR

https://xalgorithms.org/writing/A-Journey-to-Computational-Rule-Expression-Through-E-commerce-Adventure

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**Category 2 - About technical methods, approaches and philosophy**

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Expressions of obligation, permission or encouragement constitute a distinct class of data of the type:

IS + RULE -> OUGHT

Visit the new @Xalgorithms website to learn more!

https://xalgorithms.org/writing/oughtomation-in-a-nutshell

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The #Data With Direction Specification! 

Instantaneously discover and transmit #RuleasData in a way that is directly usable by anyone and by any platform, for any purpose, in any language.

#DWDS #RulesasData 

Learn more on the #new @Xalgorithms website!

https://xalgorithms.org/

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Sequence diagrams Tweet

#DYK @Xalgorithms is developing three reference implementations? Check out the 

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"The Bezier Spline itself is a useful way to draw continuous curves by using a few simple equations..."

Deja's (@dejachy) diving headfirst into visualizing the #ERA index curve via @projectjupyter and @plotlygraphs.

Check out her blog on the @Xalgorithms website! 

https://xalgorithms.org/writing/Making-a-Bezier-Spline-and-Updates

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**Category 3 - About use cases, research and development**

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Growing up in Canada’s port city of Halifax, #trade has always been a part of Craig's (@craigaatkinson) life.

Now, with @Xalgorithms @Xalgo4Trade, he’s on a mission to advance #rules and the #Internet for #tradefacilitation / #digitaltrade. 

#RulesasData

https://www.xalgorithms.org/writing/How-Algorithms-Can-Enhance

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From an African village to working on global technologies?

Learn about Nhamo's curiosity in understanding functional structures and the path of a ‘natural data scientist’!

https://xalgorithms.org/writing/from-an-affrican-village-to-working-on-global-technologies

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Wondering how #EarthReserve Assurance (#ERA) use case work @Xalgorithms is going?

Check out Deja's (@dejachy) updates on using #GIS to calculate normalized difference vegetation index (#NDVI) across #ecoregions! 

https://xalgorithms.org/writing/Using-Geospatial-Data-to-define-Ecoregions-and-Ecosystem-Integrity

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Will, an undergraduate at @NorthwesternU, is working with @Xalgorithms and Northwestern's CCL to use an #economic #framework - #EarthReserveAssurance (#ERA) - that aligns both economic and #environmental incentives!

#agentbasedmodelling #ABM

https://xalgorithms.org/writing/agent-based-modelling-and-the-earth-reserve-assurance

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