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Chapter 8
Motivation Model in Community-Built System

Przemysław R ´˙ ewski and Emma Kusztina

Abstract Every person can be characterized by motivation. Therefore, a collective
motivation model of users of an information system can be applied for increasing its
overall efficiency and productivity. In this chapter, the motivation model for an
environment of community-built system is proposed. The model's objective is to
maintain control of social and economic systems. All of the psychological, cogni-
tive, and social aspects of the community-built system have been incorporated into
the model. Having introduced an analysis of the networked nature of knowledge, an
ontological model for knowledge representation in community-built system is
formulated. Following that, the main features of a computer-supported collabora-
tion process are discussed to establish the environment of a community-built
system. The motivation model is located within the environment and leverages
the qualities of the ontological model.

8.1 Introduction

Motivation is a vital component of human activities. This is especially true regarding
the Internet, where the quality of content often depends on the creator's motivation.
Moreover, it is more likely that a highly motivated user can cooperate with other
individuals and perform complex research activities. Therefore, the problem of
motivation is an important research area in community-built databases. A forma-
lized motivation model can be used as a tool for evaluation of a community-built
database development process.
During this discussion, we will begin by investigating the concept of a community-
built database system and move toward the concept of a community-built system. The
latter concept is more general and can be defined as a system for content creation by a
community operating on a dedicated engine (e.g., Wiki). From this perspective, the