Mopsos

From the Manifesto for Collaborative Tools by Eugene Eric Kim which I already quoted but just read again via Christophe Deschamps. This manifesto makes the case tha all collaborative tools that we use, from weblogs to e-mail and from PIM to social networking tools are more similar than we may think, that their real value lies in their interoperability. Thus they need a shared contextual framework to make them more interoperable. The conclusion is very powerful and to me resonates far beyond the scope of software development. It has to do with what Wenger calls "economies of meaning"

All of the conceptual and technical ideas I've proposed in this essay share one thing in common: They won't make a difference unless tool developers work on them together. Creating a shared conceptual framework is a truly collaborative problem. It will not be solved by a single person in an ivory tower and forced upon the rest of the community. It will require constructive, passionate dialog, open minds, and much experimentation. It will require respect for other people's work and ideas. Most importantly, it will require a shared desire to make the world a better place by improving the way we work together.

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