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Table 8.2 Main features of the Wiki and the community-built systems
Wiki features
(in the terms
used by [
51
])
Wiki (based on [
48
])
Community-built system
Community-
built system
features
Open
If any page is found to be
incomplete or poorly
organized, any reader can
edit it as he/she sees fit
Each member can create,
modify, and delete the
content
Open source
Organic
The structure and content of the
site evolve over time
The structure and content are
dynamic and nonlinear and
can be rapidly constructed,
accessed, and modified
Rapidness
Universal
Any writer is automatically an
editor and organizer
Every member can shift roles on
the fly
Simplicity
Observable
Activity within the site can be
watched and revised by any
visitor to the site
System maintains a version
database, which records its
historical revision and
content
Maintainable
Tolerant
Interpretable (even if
undesirable) behavior is
preferred to error messages
The content must fulfill interface
requirements, the quality is
decided by the community
Self-repair
several real-life applications such as: a digital library [
49
], a communication and
collaboration in chemistry domain [
50
]. In Table
8.2
, the main features of Wiki are
presented and mapped onto the features of the community-built system.
8.4 Motivation Model
We will review a motivation model designed to support an activity of editors and
creators performed during the processes of implementing and using community-
built information systems. A comparable motivation model focused on students and
teacher cooperation can be found in [
28
,
52
]. The main difference between these two
motivation models lies in the characteristics of the roles. The creators can change
roles and become editors, whereas teachers and students cannot. Our research will
be limited to the repository information system. The proposed motivation model is
oriented toward the task of supplying the repository with high-quality material.
8.4.1 The Concept of Motivation
A motif (a reason for action) is a consciously understood need for a certain object,
position, situation, etc. It is therefore acceptable to claim that the motif comes from a
requirement, becomes its current state, and leads to certain actions [
53
]. During the
realization of the mentioned sequence “need-motif-action,” at each step, we deal
with the following decision-making situations: many motifs can lead to a certain
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