Boundary Infrastructures for IBIS Federation : Design

.................................................................................................................................................. 7
 1.0
 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 7
 1.1
A
Research
Context............................................................................................................................ 9
 1.2
Problem
Statement.......................................................................................................................... 14
 1.3
Thesis
Statement ............................................................................................................................. 15
 1.4
Research
Questions ......................................................................................................................... 16
 1.5
Proposal
Structure ........................................................................................................................... 16
 2.0
 Literature
Review............................................................................................................................. 17
 2.1
How
do
we
create
the
right
human‐computer
ecology
for
large
scale,
constructive
debate? ....... 21
 2.2
What
are
the
theoretical,
technical,
and
social
dimensions
of
that
human‐computer
ecology?.... 24
 2.3
What
are
the
contributions
of
structure
in
conversations
to
the
federation
process?................... 45
 3.0
 An
Illustrative
Scenario .................................................................................................................... 59
 3.1
Elicitation—Conversations............................................................................................................... 62
 3.2
Conversation
Federation ................................................................................................................. 63
 3.3
Reflective
Re‐Interpretation—Storytelling ...................................................................................... 63
 4.0
Contributions ....................................................................................................................................... 65
 4.1
TopicSpaces
Architecture ................................................................................................................ 68
 4.2
TopicSpaces
Merging
Agent............................................................................................................. 70
 4.3
Platform
Federation......................................................................................................................... 80
 4.4
Extending
our
TopicSpaces
Architecture ......................................................................................... 82
 4.5
Relation
to
Other
Work ................................................................................................................... 88
 5.0
Research
Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 89
 5.1
Platform
Implementation ................................................................................................................ 90
 5.2
Field
Work........................................................................................................................................ 91
 5.3
Concurrent
Software
Evolution
and
Research................................................................................. 91
 5.4
Write
up........................................................................................................................................... 92
 6.0
Risks ..................................................................................................................................................... 93
 6.1
Technical .......................................................................................................................................... 93